Ardentinny (Gael. ard-an-teine, ` height of the fire '), a picturesque village on the western shore of Loch Long, in the Kilmun portion of Dunoon-Kilmun parish, Cowal, Argyllshire, 4½ miles N of Strone Point, and 11/8 mile W of Coulport, with which it is connected by a ferry. Standing upon a spit of low ground, at the base of wood-skirted Stronchullin Hill (1798 feet) and Cnap Ream (1067), with Ben Ruadh (2178) in their rear, it mainly consists of a few snug cottages, the summer resort of Glasgow citizens; and with Glasgow and Greenock it communicates twice a day by the Lochgoilhead and Arrochar steamers, while a good carriage-road up Glen Finart, leads 4½ miles NNW to Whistlefield Inn upon Loch Eck. It has a post office under Greenock, an hotel, an Established church (erected in 1839 by A. Douglas, Esq., at a cost of £500), and a public school, which, with accommodation for 45 children, had (1879) an average attendance of 24, and a grant of £31,9s. Tannahill's exquisite song, The Lass o' Arranteenie (published in 1807), has made this village famous; but nothing is known of the ` sweet lass ' herself, whether she ever lived, or was only a creature of the poet's fancy.-The quoad sacra parish of Ardentinny was erected in 1874 out of Kilmun and Lochgoilhead, measures 6½ by 4½ miles, and in winter has a population of barely 250.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)