Luing
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Luing (An t-Eilean Luinn in Gaelic) is one of the Slate Islands, in Lorne, in the west of Argyll in Scotland, about 16 miles south of Oban. It has a population of around 200 people, mostly living in Cullipool, Toberonochy (Tobar Dhonnchaidh), and Black Mill Bay. Ferries sail from the island to Cuan on Seil.
The main industries on Luing are tourism, lobster fishing and beef farming, although slate quarrying was important until 1939, with quarries at Toberonochy, Culipool, and a smaller one at Port Mary. Slate from Luing was used in the construction of Glasgow University.
For such a small island, Luing has produced numerous Mòd gold medallists: Nan MacInnes (1926, in Oban), Sandy Brown (1938, in Glasgow) and Hughie MacQueen (1985, in Lochaber).gd:An t-Eilean Luinn