Kilmuir is a small coastal village on Skye’s Trotternish peninsula, noted for its strong Gaelic heritage and historic links to Flora MacDonald. The area offers a quiet, rural setting with scenic views of Loch Leum na Luirginn.
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Kilmuir, Skye is a village on the west coast of the Trotternish peninsula in the north of the island of Skye, and a civil parish covering the north of the peninsula. It is in the Scottish council area of Highland and is the only place in Scotland where Scottish Gaelic is spoken by about half of the population. Flora MacDonald, who assisted Bonnie Prince Charlie to escape from Scotland after his defeat at Culloden, is buried here, and fashion designer Alexander McQueen has his headstone here. The locality lies near Loch Leum na Luirginn and is part of the small islands parish of Mac an Tàilleir, Iain, within the broader area of Snizort, Duirinish, Bracadale, Portree and Strath Sleat.