Ailsae Craig
Ailsae Craig (Inglis: Ailsa Craig Scots Gaelic: Creag Ealasaid) is an island o 99 hectare (240 acre) in the ooter Firth o Clyde, 16 kilometre (9.9 mi) frae mainland Scotland, upon which blue hone granite wis quarried tae mak curlin stanes.
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Aa the stanes playit in the Olympics come fae Ailsae Craig. The stanes are honed in Mauchline across the watter, sin 1851, bi Kay's Curling, wha wir alane in uisin the granite, bi coortesy o the laird, the Marquess o Ailsa.
| Gaelic name | Creag Ealasaid |
|---|---|
| Meanin o name | Elizabeth's rock or Fairy rock |
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| Location | |
  Ailsae Craig Ailsa Craig shawn within Sooth Ayrshire | |
| OS grid reference | NX019997 |
| Coordinates | 55°15′N 5°07′W / 55.25°N 5.11°W |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Firth o Clyde |
| Aurie | 99 hectare (240 acre) |
| Aurie rank | 150= |
| Heichest elevation | 338 m (1,109 ft) (a Marilyn) |
| Admeenistration | |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Kintra | Scotland |
| Cooncil aurie | Sooth Ayrshire |
| Demografics | |
| Population | 0 |
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| References | |
The nou uninhabitit island is formed frae the volcanic plug o an extinct volcano, an is 340m hicht. It can bi seen frae GlenApp Castle in Sooth Ayrshire. It is hame tae ain o the warld's biggest colony o the solan guiss. It his bin cried 'Paddy's Milestane' fur it is haufweys atween Glesgae an Belfast. There is a lichthoose bit unmanned sin 1990, an its narrow-gauge railwey is no uised ony mair. In tha saxteent century Hugh Barclay o Ladyland attemptit to mak it a place o haud fir Catholics.
The rock is mentioned in the Burns sang Duncan Gray, ti confer the deafness o the chiel's wife Meg. It is mentioned in a poem (in Inglis) for childer aboot the luik o the clouds oan the tap:
"When Ailsa Craig has on its coat,
The Weather will be very hot.
When Ailsa Craig has on its hat,
You can be sure it will be wet.
When Ailsa Craig has on its tie,
That's a sign its going to be dry"
John Keats spikks tae 'a craggy ocean pyramid' and says 'Drown’d wast thou till an earthquake made thee steep', in his poem "To Ailsa Rock."
The Scots weemen wha wir the Gowd Medal winnin core at the curlin' in the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, were amang the teams whit played wi' the 132 curlin' stones in yon competeetion , wir aw frae Ailsae Craig.
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5°6′59″W / 55.25194°N 5.11639°W
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