Blairhall is a village

Village

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 in West Fife, Scotland

Scotland

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. It is situated approximately 1 miles (1.6 km) west of Comrie, and 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Dunfermline

Dunfermline

Dunfermline is a town and former Royal Burgh in Fife, Scotland, on high ground from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. According to a 2008 estimate, Dunfermline has a population of 46,430, making it the second-biggest settlement in Fife. Part of the town's name comes from the Gaelic word...

. The village was originally a small hamlet but was expanded in 1911 to house the miners from a nearby colliery. Today Blairhall has a primary school and a community leisure centre.

Nearly 1 miles (1.6 km) to the south, beyond Shiresmill, and to the west of the Bluther Burn, stands the 17th-century laird

Laird

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's house of Blairhall, which was the birthplace (c.1630) of Sir William Bruce

William Bruce (architect)

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, later baronet

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 of Balcaskie and then Kinross, and Surveyor-General to King Charles II

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.

Notable people from Blairhall

• Sir William Bruce
  William Bruce (architect)
  Sir William Bruce of Kinross, 1st Baronet was a Scottish gentleman-architect, "the effective founder of classical architecture in Scotland," as Howard Colvin observes...
  
  , gentleman-architect
• George O'Brien former professional footballer
• George Niven
  George Niven
  George Niven was a Scottish footballer who played during the 1950s and 60s for Rangers and Partick Thistle.-Career:...
  
  , former professional footballer with Rangers F.C.
  Rangers F.C.
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• James Syme
  James Syme (ice hockey)
  James "Tiny" Syme is a former British ice hockey player. He played for the Dunfermline Vikings and Paisley Pirates during the 1940s and 1950s. He also played for the Great Britain national ice hockey team at the 1950 Ice Hockey World Championships...
  
  , former ice hockey
  Ice hockey
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   player
• Thomas Syme, former ice hockey player
• Kenny Ward
  Kenny Ward
  Kenny Ward is a Scottish former footballer, who played for Cowdenbeath, Forfar, St. Johnstone, Hamilton, Dunfermline, Falkirk and Clydebank.- External links :*, www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com...
  
   (born 1963), former professional footballer