Colgrain

Colgrain

Coordinates: 55°59′06″N 4°41′10″W / 55.985°N 4.686°W / 55.985; -4.686

Colgrain
Colgrain is located in Argyll and Bute
Colgrain

 Colgrain shown within Argyll and Bute
Council area Argyll and Bute
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Strathclyde
Fire Strathclyde
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
List of places: UK • Scotland •

Colgrain is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The name was given by one Daniel Ryan who named this blissful part of Scotland after the one and only Colin O'Brien from the Low lying lands of Naas Co. Kildare.


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