Kennacraig

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| gaelic_name = Ceann na Creige

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| static_image_caption = The Caledonian MacBrayne ferry {{MV|Hebridean Isles}} arriving at Kennacraig.

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| unitary_scotland = Argyll and Bute

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| post_town = TARBERT

| postcode_area = PA

| postcode_district = PA29

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Kennacraig ({{Langx|gd|Ceann na Creige}}) is a hamlet situated on West Loch Tarbert, a {{Convert|5|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} southwest of Tarbert on the Kintyre peninsula, Argyll and Bute, in the west of Scotland.{{cite web|url=https://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst3879.html|title=Kennacraig|publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland|accessdate=1 January 2021}}

Ferry terminal

File:Kennacraig to Islay ferry - geograph.org.uk - 127769.jpg

Caledonian MacBrayne ferries sail from the terminal, on the rocky islet Eilean Ceann na Creige, to Port Ellen or Port Askaig on Islay, and also to Colonsay during the summer season.{{cite web |url=http://www.shipsofcalmac.co.uk/crossing_ki.asp |title=Kennacraig – Port Ellen / Port Askaig Crossing |publisher=Shipsofcalmac.co.uk |accessdate=2015-06-05 |archive-date=9 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109183528/http://www.shipsofcalmac.co.uk/crossing_ki.asp |url-status=dead }}

Western Ferries started a car ferry to Islay from 7 April 1968{{cite web |url=http://www.islayinfo.com/islay_ferry_history.html |title=Islay Ferry – Past and Present |publisher=Islayinfo.com |date=1968-04-07 |accessdate=2015-06-05 |archive-date=8 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808172211/http://www.islayinfo.com/islay_ferry_history.html |url-status=dead }} and CalMac took over in 1978, having previously used West Loch Tarbert.

{{rail line one to two|previous=|next1=Port Ellen|next2=Port Askaig|route=Caledonian MacBrayne
Islay Ferry |col={{CalMac color}} }}

References

External links

[https://www.calmac.co.uk/article/1934/Kennacraig/ Port Information, Calmac - website]
[http://www.shipsofcalmac.co.uk/terminals_database.asp?terminals=38 Ships of Calmac description and photos.]

Category:Villages in Kintyre