Tighnabruaich is a village on the Cowal peninsula, on the western arm of the Kyles of Bute in Argyll and also Bute, Scotland. In 2011 the population was 660. It is west of Glasgow and north of the Isle of Arran. The road to Ormidale was built in the late 1960s, and till after that the town was a lot more dependent on the sea for the transport of passengers as well as freight. A pier was potentially integrated in the 1830s by the Castle Steamship Company, a leader of MacBrayne. It was a stopping place for paddle cleaners and Clyde flatterers. The wooden pier was restored in 1885 by the Tighnabruaich Estate who owned it from 1840 till 1950. George Olding owned it up until 1965 when it ended up being the duty of the regional council. Passenger solutions on and around the Clyde were created after the PS Comet was introduced right into service in 1812 and tourism created with the introduction of cruise ships through the Kyles around Bute, to Arran and along Loch Fyne. The pier is made use of by the paddle steamer Waverley. Its Royal National Lifeboat Institution inshore lifeboat station currently has an Atlantic 85 kind lifeboat and tractor on terminal. Tighnabruaich is preferred for sailing and also yacht and also has a sailing institution. Shinty is the significant sporting activity in the village which is home to Kyles Athletic that have won more Camanachd Cups than any other team besides Newtonmore and also Kingussie.