Moray

Achnastank is a village in the Scottish council area of Moray. ...more on Wikipedia about "Achnastank"

Alexander Graham Bell ( March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish scientist and inventor. Today, he is still widely considered to be the inventor of the telephone, although this matter has become controversial, with a number of people claiming that Antonio Meucci was the 'real' inventor and others holding out for Elisha Gray, the founder of the Western Electric Manufacturing Company. In addition to his work in telecommunications technology, he was responsible for important advances in aviation and hydrofoil technology. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alexander Graham Bell"

Buckie Thistle are a senior football club, based in the town of Buckie, Moray, who currently play in Scotland's Highland Football League. ...more on Wikipedia about "Buckie Thistle F.C."

Craigellachie Bridge is a cast iron arch bridge located in Speyside, Moray, Scotland near the village of Aberlour. It was designed by the renowned civil engineer Thomas Telford and built from 1812– 1814. The bridge has a single span of approximately 46 m and was revolutionary for its time, in that it used an extremely slender arch which was not possible using traditional masonry construction. The ironwork was cast at the Plas Kynaston iron foundry near Ruabon in Denbighshire by William Hazledine, who cast a number of Telford bridges. ...more on Wikipedia about "Craigellachie Bridge"

Elgin Cathedral is an historic ruin at Elgin in Grampian, north-east Scotland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Elgin Cathedral"

Elgin is a Royal Burgh in north-east Scotland, 35 miles east of Inverness and 60 miles west of Aberdeen. The main industry in the area is whisky thanks to the vast number of distilleries in the Speyside area. These include such well known names as Johnnie Walker, the largest selling whisky in the world. The town is the administrative centre for the Moray council area and is also the traditional county town of the traditional county of Elginshire, known also as Morayshire. ...more on Wikipedia about "Elgin, Moray"

Findláech of Moray, or Findláech mac Ruaidrí, was the King or Mormaer of Moray, ruling from some point before 1014 until his death in 1020. ...more on Wikipedia about "Findláech of Moray"

Gilla Coemgáin of Moray was the King or Mormaer of Moray, a semi-autonomous kingdom centred around Inverness that stretched across the north of Scotland. Unlike his two predecessors, he is not called King of Scotland in his death notice, but merely Mormaer. This has led to some speculation that he was never actually the ruler of Moray, but merely a subordinate of Mac Bethad mac Findláich. (Hudson p. 136). ...more on Wikipedia about "Gilla Coemgáin of Moray"

Grampian Police is the police force in the north east of Scotland, covering the council areas of Aberdeenshire, City of Aberdeen and Moray. Grampian Police are headquartered in Aberdeen (the former Grampian region). ...more on Wikipedia about "Grampian Police"

Queen Gruoch ( 1007 - 1060) was the daughter of Bodhe, prince of Scotland and thus granddaughter of the late King Kenneth III of Scotland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gruoch of Scotland"

The Highland Football League (HFL) is a league of football clubs operating not in just the Scottish highlands as the name may suggest, but also the north east lowlands ( Moray and Aberdeenshire), such as Elgin City F.C., Keith F.C. etc. Formed in 1893, it is one of the three 'senior' non-leagues (that is a league that is not the Scottish Football League (SFL), Scottish Premier League or one of the Scottish Junior Football Association's leagues) in Scotland. It is considered by many the best of the senior non-league associations in Scotland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Highland Football League"

The Keith & Dufftown Railway (“The Whisky Line”) is a Heritage railway running for 11 miles from Keith Town railway station to Dufftown via Drummuir. Originally part of the former Great North of Scotland Railway line which linked Aberdeen with Elgin, the line was latterly a freight-only branch for British Rail, truncated at Dufftown. ...more on Wikipedia about "Keith and Dufftown Railway"

Kinloss is a village in Moray, Scotland. It is located near the shore of Findhorn Bay, around 3 miles (5km) from Findhorn and 2.5 miles (4km) from Forres. RAF Kinloss is located northeast of the village and employs 5,000 of the local population. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kinloss"

This is an incomplete list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Moray or ( Elginshire): ...more on Wikipedia about "Lord Lieutenant of Moray"

Máel Coluim of Moray, or Máel Coluim mac Máil Brigti was King or Mormaer of Moray ( 1020- 1029), and, as his name suggests, the son of a Máel Brigte. As with his predecessor Findláech mac Ruaidrí, sources call him "King of Scotland." ...more on Wikipedia about "Máel Coluim of Moray"

Máel Snechtai of Moray, or Máel Snechtai mac Lulaich, was the ruler of Moray, and, as his name suggests, the son of Lulach, King of Scotland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Máel Snechtai of Moray"

Margaret Ewing is a Scottish National Party (SNP) MSP. Born on September 1 1945, she attended the University of Glasgow and the University of Strathclyde and was a teacher before becoming an MP for East Dunbartonshire at the February 1974 Election. With the downturn in SNP electoral fortunes at the 1979 Election she lost her seat in the House of Commons. ...more on Wikipedia about "Margaret Ewing"

Moray Firth Radio (MFR) is a local commercial radio station based in Inverness in Scotland and broadcasting to the communities in the surrounding region. ...more on Wikipedia about "MFR Moray Firth Radio"

Moray (Moireibh in Gaelic), one of the 32 unitary council regions (or areas) of Scotland, lies in the north-east of the country and borders on the regions of Aberdeenshire and Highland. It covers parts of the traditional counties of Nairnshire, Morayshire, Inverness-shire and Banffshire. ...more on Wikipedia about "Moray"

Moray is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. It was created in 1999 with the same boundaries as the Moray constituency of the House of Commons, but the boundaries ceased to be co-terminous in 2005. ...more on Wikipedia about "Moray (Scottish Parliament constituency)"

Moray is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1983 general election from parts of the former Moray and Nairn and Banffshire constituencies. A similar constituency, also called Moray, is used by the Scottish Parliament. ...more on Wikipedia about "Moray (UK Parliament constituency)"

The Mormaerdom or Kingdom of Moray ( Middle Irish: Muireb or Moreb; Medieval Latin: Muref or Moravia; Modern Gaelic:Moireabh) was a lordship in High Medieval Scotland that was destroyed by King David I of Scotland in 1130. It did not have the same territory as the modern district of Moray, the territory of which has contracted to a small territory around Elgin. This medieval lordship was in fact centered both the lower Spey valley and around Inverness and the northern parts of the Great Glen, and probably originally included Buchan and Mar, as well as Ross. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mormaer of Moray"

Óengus of Moray is the last King of Moray of the native line, ruling Moray from some unknown date until his death in 1130. ...more on Wikipedia about "Óengus of Moray"

RAF Lossiemouth is a Royal Air Force station in Moray, Scotland. It houses three operational Tornado GR4 squadrons, and the Tornado GR4 Operational Conversion Unit. It is the RAF's busiest fast jet base with 77 fast jets based there. ...more on Wikipedia about "RAF Lossiemouth"

Speyside Single Malts are single malt Scotch whiskies distilled in Strathspey, the area around the River Spey in Moray and Badenoch and Strathspey, in northeastern Scotland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Speyside Single Malts"

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