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Stranraer

British  
/ strænˈrɑː /

noun

  1. a market town in SW Scotland, in W Dumfries and Galloway: fishing port with a ferry service to Northern Ireland. Pop: 10 851 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Hammy McMillan Jr and his cousin Grant Hardie will join fellow Stranraer local Bobby Lammie as part of Team GB, led by skip Bruce Mouat.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

When the Irish sea ferry terminals in Stranraer were closed in 2011- to be moved six miles along the coast to Cairnryan - visitor numbers in the town dwindled.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

It was the pioneering vision of a Stranraer businessman in 1970 that would go on to produce some of Scotland's most successful curlers on the world stage.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

He also managed Cowdenbeath, Stranraer and Clyde but again went back to Celtic, serving as kit man for almost 20 years.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2025

I've performed the "tickle-toe" With its forty steps or so, I have learnt a native dance in Costa Rica; I've fox-trotted in Stranraer, Irish-jigged in Mullingar, And I've danced the Dance of Death at Tanganyika.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 26, 1919 by Various

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