Place:Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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Name
Stranraer
Alternate names
An t-Sròn Reamhar     (Wikipedia)
Type
Town
Coordinates
54.9°N 5.033°W
Located in
Wigtownshire, Scotland

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Stranraer ('An t-Sròn Reamhar' in Gaelic) is a town in the south of Scotland in the west of the region of Dumfries and Galloway and was formerly in the county of Wigtownshire. It is best known as a ferry port connecting Scotland with Belfast in Northern Ireland.

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