Amulree (

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...

: ''Àth Maol Ruibhe'', 'Ford of t.Maelrubha') is a small hamlet in

Perth and Kinross Perth and Kinross (; ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area. It is bordered by Highland (council area), Highland and Aberdeenshire to the north, Angus, Scotland, Angus, Dundee, and F ...

, Scotland. It lies in hilly country on the

A822 road The A822 is a road which runs through Perthshire in Scotland. It runs from the A9 road at Greenloaning, and rejoins the A9 at Dunkeld. It goes through Crieff and intersects the A85 road and the A823 road to Dunfermline Dunfermline (; , ) ...

, east of

Loch Freuchie Loch Freuchie, also known as Fraoch, the heatherly loch, is a large freshwater loch on a north-west to south-east orientation, within Glen Quaich in Perth and Kinross. The loch is located west of Amulree and southeast of Kenmore. History R ...

in Strathbraan, west of

Dunkeld Dunkeld (, , from , "fort of the Caledonians") is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The location of a historic cathedral, it lies on the north bank of the River Tay, opposite Birnam. Dunkeld lies close to the geological Highland Boundar ...

and north of

Crieff Crieff (; , meaning "tree") is a Scottish market town in Perth and Kinross on the A85 road between Perth, Scotland, Perth and Crianlarich, and the A822 road, A822 between Greenloaning and Aberfeldy, Scotland, Aberfeldy. The A822 road, A822 joins ...

. It lies close to the geographical centre of Scotland. Its parish church contains copies of records of the large number of people who stayed there prior to mass emigration – mostly to North Easthope, Canada – in the early 19th century, where a settlement (

Amulree, Ontario Amulree is a community in the township of Perth East, Ontario, Perth East, Perth County, Ontario, Perth County, Ontario, Canada. It lies northeast of Stratford, Ontario, Stratford and west of Kitchener, Ontario, Kitchener. Silver Creek runs pas ...

) was named after it. The church is linked with

Aberfeldy Parish Church Aberfeldy may refer to: Places * Aberfeldy, Victoria, Australia * Aberfeldy, Ontario, Canada * Aberfeldy Village, London, England *Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross Aberfeldy () is a burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, on the River Tay. A small m ...

. A history of the hamlet, titled ''Amulree and its Church'', was written in 1990 by resident Nancy Countess of Enniskille, the American-born second wife of the 6th Earl of Enniskillen. A notable minister was

James McLagan James MacLagan or McLagan (; 1728–1805) was a Church of Scotland minister and collector of Scottish Gaelic poetry and song. His manuscript collection, known athe McLagan Collection comprises some 250 manuscripts of primarily Gaelic song and po ...

. The

River Braan The River Braan () is a tributary of the River Tay in Scotland. Within the county of Perth and Kinross, it flows 11 miles (17 km) eastwards from Loch Freuchie, near Amulree, and joins the River Tay near Dunkeld. Etymology The name ''B ...

flows past Amulree from Loch Freuchie.

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