Maryland, Brownsea Island Maryland, Brownsea Island Maryland is a deserted village on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour, Dorset, England. It was named for the wife of its founder, Colonel William Petrie Waugh. The village was established in the mid-19th century to house workers for a new pottery industry (Branksea Clay & Pottery Company) on the island. The supposed deposit of high quality china clay proved to be unsuitable for porcelain, and the drainage pipes and chimney pots that were produced were not financially viable. The Waughs were forced into bankruptcy. Maryland's people stayed on the island after the closure of the pottery, farming
Tory Island Tory Island Tory Island, or simply Tory (officially known by its Irish name Toraigh), is an island off the north-west coast of County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland, and is the most remote inhabited island of Ireland. It is also known in Irish as "Oileán Thoraí" or, historically, "Oileán Thúr Rí". The word Tory comes from the Middle Irish word "Tóraidhe" which means bandit. The main spoken language on the island is Irish, although English is spoken to communicate with visitors. Tory is part of the Donegal "Gaeltacht" and Ulster Irish (Gaeilge Uladh) is the main Irish dialect in use. The