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===Influence on visitors=== *[[J.M. Barrie]]'s ''Marie Rose'' contains references to Harris inspired by a holiday visit to [[Amhuinnsuidhe Castle|{{lang|gd|Amhuinnsuidhe|nocat=y}} Castle]] and he wrote a screenplay for the [[Peter Pan (1924 film)|1924 film adaptation]] of ''[[Peter and Wendy|Peter Pan]]'' whilst on {{lang|gd|[[Eilean Shona]]}}.<ref>[http://culturehebrides.com/hebrideans/visitors/ "Famous Visitors to the Islands β ''{{lang{{!}}gd{{!}}Luchd-tadhail Ainmeil{{!}}nocat=y}}''"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021017093503/http://www.culturehebrides.com/hebrideans/visitors/ |date=17 October 2002 }} Culture Hebrides. Retrieved 26 July 2008.</ref><ref>Thomson, Gordon (28 May 2009) [http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2009/06/orwell-jura-barnhill-island "The house where Big Brother was born"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231200137/http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2009/06/orwell-jura-barnhill-island |date=31 December 2010 }} ''New Statesman''. Retrieved 11 July 2011.</ref><ref>Bold, Alan (29 December 1983) [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=98FAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8aUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2729,5009759&dq=jura+barnhill+orwell&hl=en The Making of Orwell's 1984] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924022916/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=98FAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8aUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2729,5009759&dq=jura+barnhill+orwell&hl=en |date=24 September 2015 }} ''The Glasgow Herald''.</ref><ref>Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 130.</ref> *''[[Hebrides Overture|The Hebrides]]'', also known as ''Fingal's Cave'', is a famous overture composed by [[Felix Mendelssohn]] while residing on these islands, while [[Granville Bantock]] composed the ''Hebridean Symphony''. *[[Enya]]'s song "EbudΓ¦" from ''[[Shepherd Moons]]'' is named after the Hebrides (see [[#Etymology|below]]).<ref>[http://www.pathname.com/enya/shepherd_moons.html#ebudae "Translations for Shepherd Moons"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613104351/http://www.pathname.com/enya/shepherd_moons.html#ebudae |date=13 June 2011 }}. pathname.com. Retrieved 20 May 2011.</ref> *The 1973 British horror film ''[[The Wicker Man (1973 film)|The Wicker Man]]'' is set on the fictional Hebridean island of Summerisle.<ref>[http://www.steve-p.org/wm/ "The various versions of The Wicker Man"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512082427/http://www.steve-p.org/wm/ |date=12 May 2013 }}. Steve Philips. Retrieved 18 June 2013.</ref> *The 2011 British romantic comedy ''[[The Decoy Bride]]'' is set on the fictional Hebrides island of Hegg.<ref>{{IMDb title|qid=Q3545595|title=The Decoy Bride}}</ref>
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