The Scottish Gaelic name for Oban translates to "the little bay," which is attributed to the bay in Oban that resembles a horseshoe. The town is known as the "seafood capital of Scotland," and it became an important base for the Battle of the Atlantic in WWII, and it became a landing point for the first Tranatlantic Telephone Cable during the Cold War. This provided a hotline between the president of the United States and the present of the USSR, during that time. This town is where Mr. Donaldson's sister Isobel lives in Livesey's The Flight of Gemma Hardy. Mr. Donaldson recommends that if things were to go awry with her stay at Claypoole, she can go to this town, where his sister lives.

Bibliography

Livesey, Margot. The Flight of Gemma Hardy. HarperCollins, 2012.

Information Source: "12 Amazing Facts About Oban, Scotland." bonawehouse.co.uk. Bonawe House. 19 Dec. 2018. Web. Date Accessed, 24 Sept. 2019, https://www.bonawehouse.co.uk/blog/12-amazing-facts-oban/