Isle Of Bute
The Isle of Bute, known as Bute, is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, United Kingdom. It is separated into highland and lowland areas by the Highland Boundary Fault. Formerly a basic island of the larger County of Bute, it is currently part of the council area of Argyll and Bute. Bute's resident population was 6,498 in 2011, a decrease of simply over 10% from the figure of 7,228 recorded in 2001 against a history of Scottish island populations in its entirety expanding by 4% to 103,702 for the exact same period. The name "Bute" is of unclear origin. Watson and also Mac an Tàilleir support a derivation from Old Irish bót ("fire"), perhaps of signal fires. This referral to beacon fires might date from the Viking period, when the island was most likely recognized to the Norse as Bót. Various other possible derivations consist of Brythonic budh ("corn"), "triumph", St Brendan, or both, his reclusive cell. There is no likely derivation from Ptolemy's Ebudae. The island was additionally understood throughout the Viking age as Rothesay, perhaps referring to the personal name Roth or Roderick and also the Old Norse suffix ey ("island"). This name was eventually taken by the primary community on the island, whose Gaelic name is Baile Bhòid ("community of Bute").
