Roybridge

Roybridge (Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid Ruaidh, "the bridge over the Roy")[1] is a small village, that lies at the confluence of the rivers River Roy and River Spean, located 3 miles east of Spean Bridge, in Kilmonivaig Parish, Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Highland administrative area.

Roybridge
  • Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid Ruaidh
Roybridge
Location within the Lochaber area
OS grid referenceNN269807
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRoy Bridge
Postcode districtPH31
Dialling code01397
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

Roybridge is on the A86 between Spean Bridge and Newtonmore, and has a station on the (former West Highland Railway) line, served by trains passing between Crianlarich and Fort William.

Mary MacKillop
Mary MacKillop

Both of the parents of Australia's only recognised saint Mary MacKillop, lived in Roybridge, prior to emigrating to Australia.[2] MacKillop visited Roybridge in the 1870s, and the local Roman Catholic church, St Margaret's, now has a shrine to her.

Other notable people
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gollark: ***grow***
gollark: What sort of other stuff do you want?
gollark: Or decline them all for no good reason and wait for better offers!

References
  1. Iain Mac an Tàilleir. "Placenames" (PDF). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  2. McLaughlin, Martin (18 October 2010). "Saintly daughter of Scotland honoured". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
  3. Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Issue 173 (Dod's Parliamentary Companion Limited, 1992), p. 258


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