Cowal (disambiguation)

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Cowal is a peninsula, a geographical region in the south of Argyll and Bute, within the Scottish Highlands.

Cowal peninsula

Cowal is a peninsula in Argyll and Bute, in the west of Scotland, that extends into the Firth of Clyde.

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Cowal may also refer to:

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Australia

Lake Cowal lake in Australia

Lake Cowal is the largest inland lake in New South Wales, Australia. The lake is ephemeral, being fed by the small Bland Creek and by the occasional flooding of the Lachlan River. Despite this, it retains a considerable amount of water in about 70% of years.

Indonesia

Ships

MV Cowal was a hoist-loading vehicle ferry introduced by Caledonian Steam Packet Company in 1954. She spent the whole of her 24 years with Calmac on the Upper Clyde crossings.

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Cowal Community Hospital Hospital in Scotland

Cowal Community Hospital is a community hospital in Dunoon on the Cowal peninsula, Argyll and Bute in the West of Scotland. It is managed by NHS Highland.

Cowal Highland Gathering Highland Games in Scotland

The Cowal Highland Gathering is an annual Highland games held in the Scottish town of Dunoon, on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, over the final weekend in August.

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Dunoon town on the Cowal peninsula in the south of Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Dunoon is the main town on the Cowal peninsula in the south of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is on the western shore of the upper Firth of Clyde, to the south of the Holy Loch and to the north of Innellan.

Kyle or Kyles may refer to:

Kirn, Argyll village in Scotland

Kirn; is a village in Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Highlands on the west shore of the Firth of Clyde on the Cowal peninsula. It now forms part of the continuous habitation between Dunoon and Hunters Quay, where the Holy Loch joins the Firth of Clyde. It originally had its own pier and was a regular stop for the Clyde steamer services, bringing holidaymakers to the town, mostly from the Glasgow area.

Colintraive village in United Kingdom

Colintraive is a village on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands. Once the site where cattle were swum across the narrows to the Isle of Bute, a ferry - operated by Calmac - now provides a link to the island.

Portavadie village in United Kingdom

Portavadie; is a village, on the shores of Loch Fyne on the west coast of the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands.

Tighnabruaich village in United Kingdom

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 built in the late 1960s, and until then the village was more reliant on the sea for the transport of passengers and freight.

Toward village in United Kingdom

Toward; is a village near Dunoon at the southern tip of the Cowal peninsula with views down the Firth of Clyde, located in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

Bute Shinty Club

Bute Shinty Club is a shinty club from Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland. It has a reserve team which is in South Division Two.

Dunoon Grammar School secondary school in Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland

Dunoon Grammar School is a secondary school in Dunoon, Cowal Peninsula, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It was founded in 1641.

Strachur village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Strachur; and Strathlachlan; are united parishes located on the Cowal peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Strachur is a small village on the eastern coast of Loch Fyne.

Kilmodan human settlement in United Kingdom

The parish of Kilmodan is situated on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It includes the valley of Glendaruel and surrounding areas, with Kilmodan Church located in the Clachan of Glendaruel. The alternative historical spelling, Kilmadan, is no longer used.

Col-Glen Shinty Club Shinty club

Col-Glen Shinty Club is a shinty club based in Clachan of Glendaruel, Cowal, Argyll, Scotland.

Mod Cup

The Mod Cup is a trophy in the sport of shinty first competed for in 1969, traditionally played for by the two teams who are based closest to the host venue of the Royal National Mod. The current holders are Oban Camanachd.

Cowal and Bute Camanachd is a shinty club based in Dunoon, Cowal, Scotland. The club fields a side in the Women's League and is the only shinty team at adult level operating in Dunoon.

Bishops Glen Reservoir lake in the United Kingdom

Bishop’s Glen Reservoir also known as Dunoon Reservoir used to be the source for drinking water for the town of Dunoon on the Cowal peninsula, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. A function now satisfied via Loch Eck. Records show that this impounding reservoir was created before 1880. The Balgaidh Burn is the main inflow and outflow.

Dunoon Camanachd Shinty team in Scotland

Dunoon Camanachd is a shinty club, from Dunoon, Scotland. The team competed from 2016 to 2017 in South Division Two but its senior side went into abeyance in 2018.

Dunoon is a town on the Cowal peninsula, in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland.

Loch Loskin Loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Loch Loskin; is a freshwater loch, on the outskirts of Dunoon on the Cowal peninsula, Argyll and Bute, West of Scotland. The outflow from the loch is the Milton Burn, which winds its way through Dunoon to the Firth of Clyde. The A885 from Sandbank known as the "High Road" locally passes the loch.