Dunoon is the main town on the Cowal peninsula in the south of Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
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17 Facts About Dunoon
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Early history of Dunoon often revolves around two feuding clans: the Lamonts and the Campbells.
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Dunoon was a popular destination when travel by steamships was common around the Firth of Clyde; Glaswegians described this as going doon the watter.
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Dunoon Castle was built on a small, partly artificial, conical hill beside the Firth of Clyde in the 12th century, of which low walls remain.
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Dunoon is represented in the Scottish Parliament by Jenni Minto of the Scottish National Party, who holds the Argyll and Bute seat.
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Dunoon has a community council, whose primary role is to represent the views of the community to the Local Authority and other public bodies.
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War memorial of Dunoon is located in the Castle Gardens, overlooking the pier.
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Dunoon Library is situated in the rebuilt Queens Hall at the Castle Gardens.
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Since the 1930s Dunoon has hosted the Royal National Mod a number of times – 1930,1950,1968,1994,2000,2006,2012 and 2018.
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Dunoon is accessible by direct land and sea routes and indirectly by rail at Gourock.
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University of the Highlands and Islands' Argyll College has a campus in Dunoon, located in the West Bay, near to the breakwater and Castle Hill.
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Dunoon Camanachd was established in 2015; the shinty team started competing in South Division 2, in 2016.
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Dunoon Youth Football League, founded in 1981, is a voluntary organisation that teaches football skills to all interested children with ages between 4 and 17.
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One of Dunoon's listed buildings is the Grade 2 Victorian fernery, which was reopened in 2009 after an 18-month restoration.
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Access to the hills behind Dunoon, including Corlarach Hill, is available from the Bishop's Glen Reservoir trails.
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Dunoon is on the west coast of the Firth of Clyde, and on the east coast of the claw-shaped Cowal peninsula.
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