Human settlement in Scotland
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 three miles (five kilometres) east of Spean Bridge , in Kilmonivaig Parish, Inverness-shire , Scottish Highlands and is in the Highland administrative area.
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 St Margaret's, the local parish church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles , now has a shrine to her.
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References
^ Iain Mac an Tàilleir. "Placenames" (PDF) . Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 28 November 2011 .
^ McLaughlin, Martin (18 October 2010). "Saintly daughter of Scotland honoured" . The Scotsman . Edinburgh. Retrieved 24 October 2010 .
^ Dod's Parliamentary Companion , Issue 173 (Dod's Parliamentary Companion Limited, 1992), p. 258
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