Isle Of Bute
The Isle of Bute, called Bute, is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, United Kingdom. It is separated into highland and also lowland areas by the Highland Boundary Fault. Formerly a constituent island of the larger County of Bute, it is currently part of the council area of Argyll and Bute. Bute's resident population was 6,498 in 2011, a decline of just over 10% from the figure of 7,228 recorded in 2001 against a background of Scottish island populations overall growing by 4% to 103,702 for the same period. The name "Bute" is of unsure beginning. Watson and Mac an Tàilleir assistance a derivation from Old Irish bót ("fire"), maybe of signal fires. This reference to beacon fires may date from the Viking period, when the island was most likely known to the Norse as Bót. Various other possible derivations include Brythonic budh ("corn"), "success", St Brendan, or both, his monastic cell. There is no most likely derivation from Ptolemy's Ebudae. The island was additionally known throughout the Viking age as Rothesay, possibly referring to the personal name Roth or Roderick and the Old Norse suffix ey ("island"). This name was eventually taken by the primary community on the island, whose Gaelic name is Baile Bhòid ("community of Bute").