Lybster
Lybster
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|---|---|
 Liabost | |
  Lybster Location within the Caithness area | |
| OS grid reference | ND250360 |
| Civil parish | |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LYBSTER |
| Postcode district | KW2, KW3 |
| Dialling code | 01593 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Lybster (Scottish Gaelic: Liabost) is a village on the east coast of Caithness in northern Scotland.[1] It was once a big herring fishing port, but has declined in recent years, due to problems in the industry.
History
It hosts the "World Championships of Knotty"; knotty or cnatag is a variant of shinty.
The film, The Silver Darlings, from Neil Gunn's book, was shot here.
The Sinclairs of Lybster have long roots running back to the Sinclair earls who ruled Caithness that was once a much larger area taking in much of Sutherland. Tracing further back the family has connections to the Norwegian earls who controlled the north of Scotland for centuries.
Lybster railway station was part of the Wick and Lybster Railway. It opened on 1 July 1903 and closed on 3 April 1944.
Lybster's sister city is Mackinac Island, U.S.A.
Patrick Sinclair
One of the more famous of the clan was Patrick Sinclair.[2] Today there is a pub on Mackinac Island that bears his name. Ironically it is an Irish pub.
References
- ^ Gittings, Bruce; Munro, David. "Lybster". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ Armour, David A. (1983). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. 5. University of Toronto/Université Laval. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
External links
Media related to Lybster at Wikimedia Commons- Armour, David A. (1983). "Sinclair, Patrick". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. V (1801–1820) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
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