Whitefarland
Whitefarland is a clachan on the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. It is located approximately to the south of Pirnmill. There is evidence of settlements here dating back to the Bronze Age. Its name is derived from Old Norse, not Gaelic. Arran was ruled by the Vikings for 400 years and was a significant part of the Norse Kingdom of Norway, specifically the Suðr-eyjar. The name may refer to Olaf the White who was King of Ireland and the Western Isles. The alternative name for Whitefarland, cited in 1351 in papers in the Scottish Records, is 'Irachonan' - which means King of Ireland, in Old Norse. The Gaelic of Arran by Nils Magnus Holmer lists an alternative and later Gaelic name, as An aoireann. Holmer states that this means ferry point. The 17th century cartographer, Timothy Pont, published an antique map of Arran. It is the nearest westerly point to the Kintyre Peninsula.
Throughout its history Whitefarland seems to have been an outlier - it was not owned by the Dukes of Hamilton. It was given to the MacLoy/Fullarton family in the 14th century, by King Robert II, for helping Robert the Bruce gain the crown of Scotland. The Fullartons owned the Kilmichael Estate in Brodick and also 150 acres of Whitefarland for 600 years, until the 1960s. Their land stretched from the seashore to the foot of Beinn Bharrainn.