Isle Of Bute
The Isle of Bute, called Bute, is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, United Kingdom. It is split right into highland and lowland locations by the Highland Boundary Fault. Formerly a constituent island of the larger County of Bute, it is now part of the council location of Argyll as well as 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 versus a background of Scottish island populations in its entirety expanding by 4% to 103,702 for the very same duration. The name "Bute" is of unsure origin. Watson and also Mac an Tàilleir support a derivation from Old Irish bót ("fire"), possibly in reference to signal fires. This reference to beacon fires may date from the Viking duration, when the island was most likely known to the Norse as Bót. Various other feasible derivations include Brythonic budh ("corn"), "triumph", St Brendan, or both, his reclusive cell. There is no most likely derivation from Ptolemy's Ebudae. The island was likewise known during the Viking era as Rothesay, perhaps describing the personal name Roth or Roderick and also the Old Norse suffix ey ("island"). This name was at some point taken by the primary community on the island, whose Gaelic name is Baile Bhòid ("town of Bute").
