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:''This article is about the Scottish region. For other uses, see [[Argyll (disambiguation)]].''
{{infobox Scotland county|
|County= Argyll
|Image= [[Image:ArgyllTraditional.png|right|230px]]
|SizeRank= 2nd
|Size= 1,990,471 acres (8055 km²)
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|CountyTown= [[Inveraray]]
|ChapmanCode=ARL
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'''Argyll''', [[archaically]] [[Argyle]] (''Earra-Ghàidheal'' in [[Scottish Gaelic language|modern Gaelic]]), is a region of western [[Scotland]] corresponding with most of the part of ancient [[Dál Riata]] that was located on the island of [[Great Britain]], and in a historical context can be used to mean the entire western seaboard between the [[Mull of Kintyre]] and [[Cape Wrath]].
The early [[thirteenth century]] author of ''[[De Situ Albanie]]'' explains that "the name ''Arregathel'' means margin of the Scots or Irish, because all Scots and Irish are generally called ''Gattheli'' [=[[Gaels]]], from their ancient warleader known as ''[[Gaithelglas]]''." However, it is often understood to derive from ''Earra-Ghàidheal'', "East Gaels". Argyll was a [[Diocese of Argyll|medieval Bishopric]] too, with its cathedral at [[Lismore, Scotland|Lismore]], as well as an early modern [[Earldom]] and [[Duchy]], the [[Duke of Argyll|Duchy of Argyll]].
Today Argyll is a [[registration county]] for property.
==County and district==
Argyll (sometimes [[anglicised]] to '''Argyllshire''') was a [[county of Scotland|county]] of [[Scotland]] until 1975, when Scottish counties were abolished. At the time of abolition the county had boundaries as shown in the map. Argyll's neighbouring counties were [[Inverness-shire]], [[Perthshire]], [[Dunbartonshire]], [[Renfrewshire]], [[Ayrshire]] and [[County of Bute|Bute]]. Renfrewshire and Ayrshire were the other side of the [[Firth of Clyde]]. Bute was a county of islands in the [[firth]].
The county town was historically [[Inveraray]], which is still the seat of the [[Duke of Argyll]]. [[Lochgilphead]] later claimed to be the county town, as the seat of local government for the county from the nineteenth century. Other places in the former county were [[Oban]], [[Campbeltown]], [[Dunoon]] and [[Inveraray]].
The [[Small Isles]] were part of the county, until they were transferred to [[Inverness-shire]] in 1891, by the boundary commission appointed under the [[Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889]].
In 1975 the County of Argyll was abolished, with its area being split between [[Highland (council area)|Highland]] and Strathclyde Regions. A [[local government (Scotland)|local government]] district called '''Argyll and Bute''' was formed in the [[Strathclyde]] [[region (Scotland)|region]], including most of Argyll and the [[Isle of Bute]] from former county of the same name. The [[Ardnamurchan]], [[Ballachulish]] and [[Kinlochleven]] areas of Argyll became part of [[Lochaber]] District, in Highland.
In 1996 a new [[Council areas of Scotland|unitary council area]] of [[Argyll and Bute]] was created, with a change to boundaries to include part of the former Strathclyde district of [[Dumbarton]].
== Constituency ==
There was an [[Argyllshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Argyllshire constituency]] of the [[Parliament of Great Britain]] from 1708 to 1801 and of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] from 1801 to 1983 (renamed ''Argyll'' in 1950). The [[Argyll and Bute (UK Parliament constituency)|Argyll and Bute constituency]] was created when the Argyll constituency was abolished.
==Notable residents==
*[[Patrick MacKellar]], (1717-1778), born in Argyllshire, military engineer, considered the most competent engineer in America.<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896"> {{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | location = Chicago | date = 1963}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of pre-1975 counties of Scotland]]
==Notes==
* <references/>
==Further reading==
*[http://www.aboutargyll.co.uk/pages/explor.htm About Argyll]
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