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|country = Scotland |official_name= Tiroran |gaelic_name= |scots_name= |label_position= top |static_image_name=The Steadings, Tiroran - geograph.org.uk - 1526632.jpg |static_image_caption= The Steadings, Tiroran |population = |population_ref = |os_grid_reference= |coordinates = {{coord|56.376|-6.084|display=inline,title}} |civil_parish= |unitary_scotland= Argyll and Bute |lieutenancy_scotland= Argyll and Bute |constituency_westminster= Argyll and Bute |constituency_scottish_parliament= Argyll and Bute |post_town= ISLE OF MULL |postcode_district = PA69 |postcode_area= PA |dial_code= 01681 Tiroran is a hamlet and country estate on the Isle of Mull in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies near Kilfinchen Bay on the north shores of Loch Scridain. The largest house is Tiroran House, currently run as a country house hotel. HistoryIn the late 18th century Tiroran House was associated with the McKinnon family. Several family members are documented to lived in the area and then served in the war with America in 1775.[1] GeographyThe hamlet of Tiroran lies on the South West side of the Isle of Mull, near Kilfinchen Bay and is on the northern shores of Loch Scridain, just off the B8035 road. The immediate surrounding area is dominated by the fertile Victorian woodland gardens and forests of the hotel as well as the large community owned Tiroran Forest, famous for the gold five star Eagle Hide tourism attraction.[2] There is a river,[3] or burn known as Allt Orian which runs through the Tiroran House hotel estate. The Seilisdeir (or the Kilfinichen River) is nearby and approximately {{convert|3.5|mi}} in length, both rivers enter the north shores of Loch Scridain at Kilfinichen Bay. Salmon are caught on the river.[4] To the northeast is Ben More.[2] Tiroran HouseTiroran House, now an multi award-winning country house hotel with several self catering cottages within the grounds - celebrating its 40th anniversary as a hotel in 2017. Formerly a Victorian hunting lodge owned by the Squire of Bentley - Maude Cheape and created as a hotel in 1987 by Robin and Sue Blockey. It is set in manicured gardens, with woodland and glen walks that lead down to the private shores of Loch Scridain and has been in the Mackay family since 2004.{{cn|date=July 2018}} References1. ^{{cite book|last=Dobson|first=David|title=Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775: The People of Argyll|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ohqMHwafWPUC&pg=PA86|year=2005|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com|isbn=978-0-8063-5288-6|page=86}} {{Mull}}2. ^1 {{Google maps | url =https://www.google.com/maps?ll=56.376,-6.084&q=56.376,-6.084&hl=en&t=h&z=12 | accessdate =26 February 2017}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Armstrong|first=Gale|title=Cottage Holidaying in Britain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=McL-6Yt0SpoC|date=April 1995|publisher=Classic Media Publications|isbn=978-0-9644325-5-0|page=323}} 4. ^{{cite book|title=Salmon Fisheries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7_hHAAAAYAAJ|year=1935|publisher=Scottish Home Department, H.M. Stationery Office|page=19}} 5 : Populated places in Argyll and Bute|Isle of Mull|Villages on the Isle of Mull|Country houses in Argyll and Bute|Hotels in Scotland |
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