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Tighnabruaich
Tighnabruaich is a village on the Cowal peninsula, on the western arm of the Kyles of Bute in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. In 2011 the population was 660. It is west of Glasgow and north of the Isle of Arran. The road to Ormidale was constructed in the late 1960s, and till after that the town was a lot more reliant on the sea for the transport of passengers as well as freight. A pier was perhaps constructed in the 1830s by the Castle Steamship Company, a forerunner of MacBrayne. It was a stopping place for paddle cleaners and also Clyde flatterers. The wooden pier was rebuilt in 1885 by the Tighnabruaich Estate who owned it from 1840 till 1950. George Olding had it till 1965 when it ended up being the duty of the neighborhood council. Passenger solutions on and around the Clyde were created after the PS Comet was presented right into solution in 1812 and tourist created with the intro of cruise ships via the Kyles around Bute, to Arran and along Loch Fyne. The pier is made use of by the paddle cleaner Waverley. Its Royal National Lifeboat Institution inshore lifeboat station presently has an Atlantic 85 kind lifeboat and tractor on terminal. Tighnabruaich is prominent for sailing and also yacht and has a sailing college. Shinty is the significant sport in the village which is home to Kyles Athletic that have won a lot more Camanachd Cups than any other group in addition to Newtonmore and also Kingussie.