| General Sites | |
| www.ileach.co.uk/ileach | The web site for the Ileach, Islay's fortnightly newspaper; generally up-to-date, but with some missing or out of date links. It is the host site for a number of Islay organisations and businesses. |
| www.islay.co.uk | An up-to-date and comprehensive listing of Islay web sites, it includes a directory of Islay email addresses. |
| www.isle-of-islay.com | The web site of the Islay and Jura Marketing Group, and a good site if you are looking for holiday accommodation on the island; up-to-date. |
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| www.visit-islay.com | Informative and up-to-date general, non-commercial site, with German translation available. |
| www.asahi-net.or.jp | Takeshi Mogi's Japanese site in Japanese and English |
| Accommodation | |
| The Ballygrant Inn | A friendly and welcoming hotel on the way from Port Askaig. Excellent "curry nights" once every month or so on a Saturday. |
| Scottish Tourist Board | Probably the best place to start if looking for accommodation in Scotland in general and Islay in particular. All accommodation listed has been inspected and graded by the Board. |
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Association of
Scottish Self-Caterers | Excellent
site for self-catering accommodation elsewhere in Scotland. membership of a
quality assurance scheme is a condition of membership. |
| Archaeology | |
| Chris Ruggles | Chris Ruggles of Leicester University's Islay site with pictures. |
| Bird Watching | |
| RSPB (Argyll & Bute) | The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds site contains information about the two bird Reserves on Islay at Loch Gruinart and Upper Killeyan on The Oa. |
| Islay Birding | Daily Birdwatching Tours on Islay with Jeremy Hastings, an expert on the island's bird life. Using a Landrover defender he accesses superb sites for excellent and fun birdwatching for all levels of experience. Free use of binoculars and telescope. To Book call 01496 850010 |
| tourBritain | In German |
| Ecology/Green Issues | |
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| Islay Deer Management Group | +44 (0)1496 302218 Contact for information on recommended walking on Islay in season. |
| Gaelic | |
| Ionad Chalium Chille Ile | The recently established Gaelic College committed to keeping the language alive on the island. The building is the old fever hospital beautifully converted for its new function. |
| Genealogy | |
| Betsy West's Photo Gallery | A delightful collection of photos dating from 1890 to the 2002 of Betsy West (nee MacNeill), of Portnahaven, her family and Islay. |
| Islay Family History Society | |
| SCT-ISLAY | The email group for anyone with genealogical interest in the Isle of Islay. |
| Steve Gilchrist's Islay Genealogy | An excellent site with lots of information about Islay. |
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| General Interest | |
| Armin Grewe | Armin Crewe's beautifully illustrated (jpgs) account of several places and trips to Islay. In our opinion, quite the best and most extensive set of accounts of the island. Not to be missed. |
| Colin Palmer | Commercial but excellent set of atmospheric pictures of Islay by Colin Palmer. |
| Martin Junius | Martin Junius' collection of high resolution photographs taken in 1998. |
| The Internet Guide to Scotland | A good Guide to Scotland and Islay. |
| Activity Point | Places to go and things to visit in Scotland including Islay. |
| Ralph Steadman | "Anna's Diaries" an account of their (with Ralph Steadman, who drew the wonderful line-drawings for Laphroaig's set), visit to Islay's distilleries, with local detail. |
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Celtic Map |
A beautiful hand-drawn and coloured map of the Celtic nations,
ten years in the making by Alasdair Macmillan. |
Historical | |
| Finlaggan Trust | |
| Museum of Islay Life | |
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| Islay Festival/FEIS ILE | www.feisile.org/home.htm The Music part... the Fèis www.islay.co.uk/whiskyfestival/ And the Whisky part |
| Jazz Festival | This is a report of the 2003 Festival to give you a flavour. |
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| Local Interest | |
| Glasgow Islay Association | |
| C.E. Roy | Good range of books, particularly local interest, quality clothes and Celtic memorabilia. Bowmore. |
| Islay Batiks | Liz Sykes is a highly talented batik artist, selling both originals and prints, many of Islay. |
| Islay Woollen Mill | They made the tartans for "Brave Heart" here. Fine quality tartans and other woollens woven on the premises, well worth a visit. |
| Islay Dive Centre | 300 wrecks round the coast ... The Dive Centre |
| Islay Marine | Marine Charters for private and commercial boat charters |
| Machrie Golf Club | One of the top 60 golf clubs in the UK. |
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| Persabus Pottery | First rate pottery off the road to Port Askaig. |
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| Transport | |
| Caledonian MacBrayne Ferries | |
| Car Hire | D & N MacKenzie, Glenegedale, Port Ellen, +44 (0)1496 302300. Hire any car you want as long as it's a Volkswagen. Will deliver and collect the car and meet you at the ferry terminal or airport. |
| Cycle Hire | David Crowther, Bowmore Post Office, Main Street, Bowmore +44 (0)1496 810366 Macaulay & Torrie, Frederick Crescent, Port Ellen +44 (0)1496 302053 Mick Stuart, Lennox Street, Port Ellen, +44 (0)1496 302391 Port Ellen Playing Fields Association, Ellen Brown, Port Ellen +44 (0)7831 246911 |
| Islay Airport | Two flights every day to and from Glasgow except Saturday when there's only a morning flight and Sunday when there are no flights. Flights by British Airways. |
| Taxis | Carol MacDonald +44 (0) 1496 302155
mobile: +44 (0) 777 5782155; www.ileach.co.uk/cabs
Fiona's Taxis +44 (0) 1496 302622
mobile: +44 (0) 780 8303200 Lamont Campbell +44 (0)1496 810398/+44 (0)7899 756159 Jim Davis +44 (0)1496 810398/ +44 (0)7762 590055
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| Whisky & Distilleries | |
| Ardbeg | Good tours and excellent lunches, Monday to Friday. |
| Bruichladdich | Recently re-opened and one of the best distillery tours. The website features some web cams, useful for checking out the weather on Loch Indaal. |
| Bowmore | Reputedly one of the best distillery tours. |
| Bunnahabhain | The web site features the Black Bottle blended whisky as much as the malt. |
| Caol Ile | No web site; they want to keep their malt a secret! Caol Ila, by Port Askaig, Isle of Islay, Argyll, PA46 7RL
Tel: 01496-84207 and 01496-84227 |
| Isle of Jura | An excellent web site with lots of interesting information about Jura and its history. |
| Laphroaig | Visit the distillery and if you're a "friend" claim your wee dram of rent and visit your square foot of Islay. |
| Lagavulin | Port Ellen, Islay, PA42 7DU
Tel: 01496-2418 |
| Sally's Place | Chris Rubin's (Bay Area, SF) visit to a number of distilleries, including those on Islay. |
| The Edinburgh Malt Whisky Tour | General, non-commercial site covering all the Islay distilleries, and the rest of Scotland. Started in 1994 it claims to be the oldest malt whisky site on the net. |
