Achahoish () is a village on the west coast of

Knapdale Knapdale (, ) forms a rural district of Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Highlands, adjoining Kintyre to the south, and divided from the rest of Argyll to the north by the Crinan Canal. It includes two parishes, North Knapdale and South Knapdale. ...

in the

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council area of

Argyll and Bute Argyll and Bute (; , ) is one of 32 unitary authority, unitary council areas of Scotland, council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod ...

. In 1882, Wilson's ''The Gazetter of Scotland'' described Achahoish as a "...hamlet at the head of Loch Killisport. It has a post office...". Achahoish recently benefited from the government's PPP funding and received a new primary school with two classrooms catering to the 20 local children from the small villages and hamlets in the area. The school opened in the summer of 2005.

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Villages in Knapdale {{Argyll-geo-stub