Editing Lamlash (section)

== History ==
A [[prehistoric]] ring of stones indicates that an ancient settlement has existed near Lamlash since antiquity.<ref name="Auto0E-6">{{cite web | url = http://www.stonepages.com/tour/lamlash.html | title = Lamlash | date = n.d. | publisher = stonepages.com | access-date = 5 July 2008 }}</ref> The name ''Lamlash'' dates back to the 6th Century hermitage of [[Molaise of Leighlin|Saint Molaise]], a Celtic [[monk]] born in [[Ireland]] but raised in [[Scotland]], who, circa 590, spent some time in a cave on the neighbouring [[Holy Isle, Firth of Clyde|Holy Isle]]. Commonly known as ''MoLaise'' the Gaelic name of Holy Isle was, as a result, ''Eilean MoLaise''. This gradually evolved through ''Elmolaise'' and ''Lemolash'' to Lamlash, which is what Holy Isle was called until early in the 19th century. After that time the name was more normally attached to the village that grew up facing it.<ref name="undiscovered">{{cite web | url = http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/arran/lamlash/index.html | title = Lamlash | date = n.d. | publisher = Undiscovered Scotland | access-date = 5 July 2008 }}</ref>

Lamlash was peripherally involved in the 13th century [[Battle of Largs]]. It was the birthplace of artist [[James Kay (artist)|James Kay]].<ref name="Fullarton">{{cite web|url=http://www.helensburgh-heritage.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=761:portincaple-was-artists-retreat&catid=81:the-arts&Itemid=458|title=Portincaple was artist's retreat|last=Fullarton|first=Donald|year=2010|publisher=Helensburgh Heritage|access-date=13 May 2010}}</ref>

When [[Mary, Queen of Scots]] was at [[Dumbarton Castle]] in February 1548 during the war of the [[Rough Wooing]], the English commander [[William Grey, 13th Baron Grey de Wilton|Grey of Wilton]] proposed basing some warships at "Lammelashe" to watch for French ships.<ref>Joseph Bain, ''Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1547-1563'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1898), p. 586.</ref> Mary was taken to France. Her ship was at first forced by adverse winds to return towards the Firth of Clyde, and anchored at the "roadstead of the isle of Lamlash" or "Lamelesche" on August 6.<ref>[[Jane T. Stoddart]], [https://archive.org/details/cu31924028150914/page/n59/mode/2up ''The girlhood of Mary Queen of Scots'' (London, 1908), pp. 8, 409–410]</ref>

The village was the training place for [[No. 11 (Scottish) Commando]] during the early years of the [[World War II|Second World War]].<ref name="Auto0E-7">{{cite web|url=http://www.combinedops.com/Black%20Hackle.htm|title=11 (Scottish) Commando|publisher=Combined Operations Command|access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref>