Argyll

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Argyll,  (Earra-Ghàidheal in ), is a region of western  corresponding with most of the part of ancient  that was located on the island of, and in a historical context can be used to mean the entire western seaboard between the  and.

The early author of ' explains that "the name Arregathel means margin of the Scots or Irish, because all Scots and Irish are generally called Gattheli [=], from their ancient warleader known as '." However, it is often understood to derive from Earra-Ghàidheal, "East Gaels". Argyll was a too, with its cathedral at, as well as an early modern  and , the.

Today Argyll is a for property.

County and district
Argyll (sometimes to Argyllshire) was a  of  until 1975, when Scottish counties were abolished. At the time of abolition the county had boundaries as shown in the map. Argyll's neighbouring counties were, , , , and. Renfrewshire and Ayrshire were the other side of the. Bute was a county of islands in the.

The county town was historically, which is still the seat of the. later claimed to be the county town, as the seat of local government for the county from the nineteenth century. Other places in the former county were, , and.

The were part of the county, until they were transferred to  in 1891, by the boundary commission appointed under the.

In 1975 the County of Argyll was abolished, with its area being split between and Strathclyde Regions. A district  called Argyll and Bute was formed in the , including most of Argyll and the  from former county of the same name. The, and  areas of Argyll became part of  District, in Highland.

In 1996 a new of  was created, with a change to boundaries to include part of the former Strathclyde district of.

Constituency
There was an of the  from 1708 to 1801 and of the  from 1801 to 1983 (renamed Argyll in 1950). The was created when the Argyll constituency was abolished.

Notable residents

 * , (1717-1778), born in Argyllshire, military engineer, considered the most competent engineer in America.