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Sutherland (Scottish Gaelic: Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. The name dates from the Viking era when the area was ruled by the Jarl of Orkney; although Sutherland includes some of the northernmost land on the island of Great Britain, it was called Suðrland ("southern land") from the standpoint of Orkney and Caithness.
The counties of Ireland (Irish: Contaetha na hÉireann) are historic administrative divisions of the island.They began as Norman structures, and as the powers exercised by the Cambro-Norman barons and the Old English nobility waned over time, new offices of political control came to be established at a county level.
Clan Sutherland also known as House of Sutherland is a Highland Scottish clan whose traditional territory is the shire of Sutherland in the far north of Scotland.The chief of the clan was also the powerful Earl of Sutherland; however, in the early 16th century, this title passed through marriage to a younger son of the chief of Clan Gordon. [7]
In Scotland the word "county" was not adopted for the shires. Although "county" appears in some texts, "shire" was the normal name until counties for statutory purposes were created in the 19th century. In Ireland "shire" was not used for the counties. In most cases, the "shire town" is the seat of the shire's government, or was historically.
Located west of the island of Great Britain, Ireland lies at approximately It has a total area of 84,421 km 2 (32,595 sq mi) [ 1 ] and is separated from Great Britain by the Irish Sea , bounded to the north and south respectively by the North Channel and St George's Channel , and from mainland Europe by the Celtic Sea .
St George and Sutherland Shire Leader; St John Bosco College, Engadine; St Patrick's College, Sutherland; Sandy Point, New South Wales; Shire Christian School; Shire Watch Independents; Sutherland District Cricket Club; Sutherland railway station; Sutherland Sharks FC; Sutherland Shire Libraries; Sutherland, New South Wales; Sylvania High School
It is located on the north coast between the towns of Thurso, 72 mi (116 km) to the east, and Ullapool 68 mi (109 km), to the south. This area is notable for being the most sparsely populated region in Western Europe. [citation needed] Until some 50 years ago, Durness was a predominantly Gaelic speaking area.
Tongue (Scottish Gaelic: Tunga from Old Norse: Tunga) is a coastal village in northwest Highland, Scotland, [2] in the western part of the former county of Sutherland.It lies on the east shore above the base of the Kyle of Tongue and north of the mountains Ben Hope and Ben Loyal on the A836.