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Campbeltown (Gaelic: Ceann Loch Chille Chiarain) is the town near the southern tip of Kintyre, the long narrow peninsula of Argyll in the west of Scotland. It's only 80 mi (130 km) from Glasgow as the crow flies, but 180 mi (290 km) by road winding around the many lochs and mountain ranges.
Kintyre has inspired two famous songs: the one that isn't by Paul McCartney goes "Campbeltown Loch, I wish you were whisky, I would drink you dry...." Wishful thinking but not for want of industry by the town's distilleries - there used to be 30 in this small place. As with Islay, isolation was a factor. Barrels of whisky were loaded onto ships for export, duty-free, but on dark nights many of them mysteriously found their way back to the mainland cities. By the 21st century, only two distilleries remained in Campbeltown, but a change in the law in 2009 encouraged new production. (Not to be confused with Campbelltown or Campbell Town).
Campbeltown (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Loch Chille Chiarain or Ceann Locha) is a town and former royal burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre peninsula. Originally known as Kinlochkilkerran (an anglicization of the Gaelic, which means 'head of the loch by the kirk of Ciarán'), it was renamed in the 17th century as Campbell's Town after Archibald Campbell (Earl of Argyle) was granted the site in 1667. Campbeltown became an important center for Scotch whisky and a busy fishing port.
The 2018 population estimate was 4,600 indicating a reduction since the 2011 census.