North Ronaldsay

Thank YOU for the 'nosferatu' aka North Ronaldsay and it was lovely to meet up with you again.

SkipNorth 2009. Spinningfishwife 2009

In the time of Sigurd Hlodverson, Ulf the Bad, of Sanday in Orkney, murdered Harald of North Ronaldsay, and seized his lands in the absence of Harald's son Helgi, a gentle Viking, on a cruise.

Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns James Gray

It is said that it was often sung in Old Norse in North Ronaldsay until the middle of the eighteenth century.

Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns James Gray

There landed, indeed, in North Ronaldsay, during the last decade of the eighteenth century, a traveller whose life seems really to have been imperilled.

Records of a Family of Engineers 1912

The people of North Ronaldsay still spoke Norse, or, rather, mixed it with their English.

Records of a Family of Engineers 1912

When the Board met, four new lights formed the extent of their intentions -- Kinnaird Head, in Aberdeenshire, at the eastern elbow of the coast; North Ronaldsay, in Orkney, to keep the north and guide ships passing to the south'ard of Shetland; Island Glass, on Harris, to mark the inner shore of the Hebrides and illuminate the navigation of the Minch; and the Mull of Kintyre.

Records of a Family of Engineers Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

There landed, indeed, in North Ronaldsay, during the last decade of the eighteenth century, a traveller whose life seems really to have been imperilled.

Records of a Family of Engineers Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

The people of North Ronaldsay still spoke Norse, or, rather, mixed it with their English.

Records of a Family of Engineers Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

North Ronaldsay is the northernmost island, and mostly of interest to birdwatchers and people keen to escape the rest of the world.

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

The very first hedgehog study I undertook, in 1986, was to look at the exact same problem on North Ronaldsay, the most northerly of the Orkney archipelago.

The Guardian World News Hugh Warwick 2010