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Glenuig is a tiny community of just
over thirty folk located in the Parish of Moidart in remote
west Lochaber. Nowadays it is taken to include the neighbouring
settlements of Samalaman and Alt Ruadh, and contains 21 houses
in permanent occupation plus four holiday homes.
In a wider sense it includes the nearby hamlets of Roshven
and Lochailort, bringing the population over a distance of
eight miles to just over fifty.
Access to Glenuig by public road was only made possible in
1966, and mains electricity arrived in 1983. A growing population
of young people saw the revival of Glenuig Village Hall Committee
in 1982, running the village hall situated in the old School
Room. In 1993 the Hall Committee changed to become Glenuig
Community Association.
Our pride and joy is our village hall, one of the most splendid
on the west coast and a very popular venue for entertainment:
we regularly have traditional folk music, fiddlers, blues
bands, opera and dance and a range of community activities
ranging from yoga, playgroups and youth nights to the meeetings
of the Moidart Local History Group.
We have a tiny but busy shop and post office and a variety
of accommodation choices in Glenuig, Kinlochmoidart, Roshven
and Lochailort.
Glenuig Community Association (GCA) has been responsible for
several initiatives in the area. Through determined fundraising,
notably through the Glenuig Music Festival (1983-1993) the
local community built the magnificent Glenuig
Hall that is owned and managed by the GCA, and the Association
is currently looking into the future of the village
shop, hoping to build new premises and re-open the shop
to be run as a Community Enterprise.
The area has been inhabited for thousands of years and the
traces of these earlier residents are everywhere around. The
coastal regions here are wild and rocky, but because of the
warmer climate within the last two thousand years the inland
areas were productive and heavily populated.
In the last two hundred years the population declined through
enforced clearances of the glens for sheep and voluntary emigration
from the harsher coastal regions to the new colonies, particularly
Cape Breton and America.
Prior to 1966 access was by foot or horseback (from either
Lochailort or Kinlochmoidart) or by boat. Since that year
the area has been accessible by good modern roads, train or
bus. Nowadays Glenuig is a thriving and friendly community.
Occupations include fishing, crofting, building, craftwork
and IT, and of course catering for the many visitors to the
area.
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The
Glenuig Hub Teashop
Open
weekdays from
12.00
until 15.00
in the Hall |
Ceilidhs
at the Hub Club
Intimate,
informal, licensed
get-togethers,
often with live music.
Look out for
local posters
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Moidart History Group
Comann
Eachdraidh Mùideart
A
thriving local group meeting throughout the year in
the
Glenuig Hall, both for talks
and walks. New members
always welcome.
Click
here for details of
our talks and events
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