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Roybridge (Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid Ruaidh, "the bridge over the Roy")[1] is a small village, that lies at the confluence of the rivers River Roy and River Spean, located three miles (five kilometres) east of Spean Bridge, in Kilmonivaig Parish, Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Highland administrative area.

Roybridge Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid Ruaidh
Roybridge Location within the Lochaber area
OS grid reference	NN269807
Council area	Highland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Roy Bridge
Postcode district	PH31
Dialling code	01397
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Scottish Parliament	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
List of places UK Scotland 56.891°N 4.841°W / 56.891; -4.841

Roybridge is on the A86 between Spean Bridge and Newtonmore, and has a station on the (former West Highland Railway) line, served by trains passing between Crianlarich and Fort William.

Mary MacKillop

Both of the parents of Australia's only recognised saint Mary MacKillop, lived in Roybridge, prior to emigrating to Australia.[2] MacKillop visited Roybridge in the 1870s, and the local Roman Catholic church, St Margaret's, now has a shrine to her.

Other notable people

• Peter Hope, 4th Baron Rankeillour (1935–2005), landowner and peer, lived at Achaderry House.[3]

• Joseph Toal, current bishop of Diocese of Motherwell.

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