Melbost

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Melbost
Scottish Gaelic: Mealabost
Loch Bràigh na h-Aoidhe - geograph.org.uk - 923770.jpg
Loch Bràigh na h-Aoidhe, with Melbost and Stornoway Airport beyond
Melbost is located in Outer Hebrides
Melbost
Melbost
 Melbost shown within the Outer Hebrides
Language Scottish Gaelic
English
OS grid reference NB463327
Civil parish Stornoway
Council area Na h-Eileanan Siar
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ISLE OF LEWIS
Postcode district HS2
Dialling code 01851
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish Parliament Western Isles
List of places
UK
Scotland

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Melbost (Scottish Gaelic: Mealabost) is a traditionally Gaelic-speaking village to the east coast of the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland's north-west. It is largely a crofting township and is about Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). east of Stornoway at the head of an isthmus connecting with the Eye Peninsula. Melbost is within the parish of Stornoway.[1] Stornoway Airport is adjacent to the village, and the RAF Stornoway war memorial is located in the village.[1]

Culture

The Gaelic poet Murdo Macfarlane (15 February 1901 - 1982) (Gaelic: Murchadh MacPhàrlain) known as 'Bàrd Mhealaboist' (the Melbost Bard) was a published poet and campaigner for Scottish Gaelic who was born and brought up in Melbost.

See also

References

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