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Bowmore
Coordinates: 55°45′25″N 6°17′13″W / 55.757°N 6.287°W / 55.757; -6.287
Bowmore (Scottish Gaelic: Bogh Mòr, 'great sea reef') is a village on the Scottish island of Islay and serves as administrative capital of the island. It gives its name to the famous Bowmore Distillery producing Bowmore Single Malt, a single malt scotch whisky.
History
Bowmore is a planned village with wide streets on a grid-iron pattern. Daniel Campbell the Younger initiated the construction of the village in 1770, just after the completion of the Kilarrow Parish Church, which was built in a circular shape to prevent the devil from hiding in a corner.
The Bowmore Distillery came in operation at some time before 1816 and is situated on the shores of Loch Indaal and next to an old warehouse which is converted to a swimming pool, known locally as the MacTaggart Centre. The waste heat from the distillery is partially used to heat the water of the swimming pool.
Bowmore in WWII
There was a RAF seaplane base at Bowmore during WWII. Short Sunderland and PBY Catalina flying boats operated from Loch Indaal. Some of the wartime film Coastal Command was filmed in Bowmore and it features a shot of a Sunderland flying low over the main street of Bowmore and over Kilarrow Parish Church.
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Bowmore
by: MillencolinYeah, I'm a hopeless sinner but now I smile
I?ve found the way to spend all my money
Taking it day by day, I think I've found a winner
It took a while, but now I'm set up
Be a patient honey and every thing's okay
Yeah, when Bowmore's running through my veins
They can't never hurt me in that state
I just bottle up and go, so no more troubles, no more pain
More than trouble, Bowmore is my fate
At least for now I think it's so
Even if I'm weary I know a way to calm things down
But I'm patient honey and that?s the only way
I guess I've got my theory
And at least hear this twelve years older
And it's make me glory in
Yeah, what more can I say?
Yeah, when Bowmore's running through my veins
They can't never hurt me in that state
I just bottle up and go, so no more troubles, no more pain
More than trouble, Bowmore is my fate
At least for now I think it's so
'Cuz I like it, yes, I do
Yes, I like it and you should too
But in the morning I'm not myself
Oh! I can't look myself in the mirror
And in the mornings I'm afraid
To look inside the mirror once again
Yeah, when Bowmore's running through my veins
They can't never hurt me in that state
I just bottle up and go, so no more troubles, no more pain
More than trouble, Bowmore is my fate
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