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Luing (Gaelic: ''Luinn'') is one of the Slate Islands, Firth of Lorn, in the west of Argyll in Scotland, about south of Oban. The island has an area of and is bounded by several small skerries and islets. It has a population of around 200 people, mostly living in Cullipool, Toberonochy (''Tobar Dhonnchaidh''), and Blackmillbay.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Luing )〕 ==Economy and culture== A regular ferry service crosses the wide Cuan Sound which separates Luing from the neighbouring island of Seil, which is in turn connected by bridge to the mainland.〔 The main industries on Luing are tourism, lobster fishing and beef farming, although slate quarrying was important until 1965,〔 with quarries at Toberonochy, Cullipool, and a smaller one at Port Mary. Slate from Luing was used in the construction of the University of Glasgow and re-roofing of Iona Abbey. For such a small island, Luing has produced numerous mod gold medallists: Nan MacInnes (1926, in Oban), Sandy Brown (1938, in Glasgow) and Hughie MacQueen (1985, in Lochaber). Luing cattle were first developed here, as a commercial beef breed hardy enough to prosper under adverse weather.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Luing Cattle Society )〕 They are a breed of red beef cattle, produced by the Cadzow family in 1947 from a cross between Beef Shorthorn and Highland cattle.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Overview of Luing )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Luing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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