Kilbrandon or Kilbrennan Sound, a sea-belt of Bute and Argyll shires, commencing at the convergence of Loch Fyne and the Kyles of Bute, and extending south-by-westward between Arran island and Kintyre peninsula. It measures 27 miles in length, and from 3 to 15 miles in breadth, and is usually a good herring fishing station. Its name signifies the ' church of Brendan,' i.e., of St Brendan of Clonfert, who visited the Western Isles in 545.Ord. Sur., shs. 20, 21, 12, 13, 1870-76.
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