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Islay and Jura Marketing Group - Accommodation and activities on the islands of Islay and Jura.

The Ileach - Newspaper for Islay and Jura. Includes newspaper back copies and comprehensive information on Islay and Jura.

Islay Boys Football Club - Promotes and encourages the interests of young persons on the islands of Islay and Jura in the playing and disciplines of the game of football. For boys and girls aged 5 to 18 years.

Islay - Tourist information for Islay and Jura.

The Isle of Islay - Hommage to the Isle of Islay. Information, pictures and commented links.

Islay Dive Centre - Wreck dives, cave dives, scenic dives, drift dives and rockface dives.

Islay Development Company - Scotland's first sustainable development company, a community led local rural partnership.

Elizabeth Sykes Batiks - Batik artist working on Islay. Gallery of batik pictures, prints and greetings cards to order.

Islay Woollen Mill - Produces a range of top quality woven fabrics including tweeds and tartans.

IsleofIslay.info - Tourist guide to local amenities, attractions and businesses.

Islay Natural History Trust - Encourages the study, documentation and enjoyment of the natural history of Islay. With a field centre and upstairs, the Islay Youth Hostel, it is ideal for visits from schools, universities and specialist groups.

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(George Bernard Shaw) He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own. -- Aesop Isle of Islay Saying that Windows95 is equal to Macintosh is like finding a potato that looks like Jesus and believing you've witnessed the second coming. -- Guy Kawasaki Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress. -- Gandhi "If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive." (Samuel Goldwyn) Isle of Islay When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. -- Helen Keller If we let people see that kind of thing, there would never again be any war. -- Pentagon official, on why US military censored graphic footage from the Gulf War My father was a minister. I had to make up for the lack of sin. -- Milwuakee mayor, on why he became a politician Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and very important. -- Lisa Hoffman Immature love says: "I love you because I need you." Mature love says: "I need you because I love you." -- Erich Fromm Isle of Islay There's no problem so awful that you can't add some guilt to it and make it even worse! -- Calvin "In order to keep anything cultural, logical, or ideological, you have to reinvent the reality of it." (Ani Difranco) "The feminists used to say that chivalry and ladyhood were ways of keeping women down and preventing them from standing toe to toe with the guys. Now you've got a lot of women saying that if a guy is Isle of Islay I'm worried that the universe will soon need replacing. It's not holding a charge. -- Edward Chilton What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions; life is plurality, death is uniformity. -- Octavio Paz People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election. -- Otto von Bismarck "I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is." 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