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The present [[Kilmodan Church]] was built in the Clachan of Glendaruel in 1783. The Clachan of Glendaruel is the current location of Kilmodan Primary School,<ref>{{cite web |title=Kilmodan Primary School |url=http://www.kilmodan.argyll-bute.sch.uk/ |publisher=Argyll & Bute Council |access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> and the ground of [[Col-Glen Shinty Club]].
The ruined [[Dunans Castle]] is also located in Glendaruel,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1116929.stm |title=SCOTLAND | Police probe castle fire |
As the nearest Hospital is some miles away in [[Dunoon]] a disused phone box in the village was converted to house a defibrillator. Just weeks before the installation a tourist in Glendaruel had died from a heart attack.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Good+call+for+disused+phone+box.-a0271789259 |title=Good call for disused phone box. - Free Online Library |publisher=Thefreelibrary.com |date=2011-11-07 |access-date=2012-05-15}}</ref>
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==Decline==
The community is home to around 188 people as of 2008 and has been subject to a general decline in the late 20th century continuing into the early 21st century. The closure of the Glendaruel Hotel, a 17th-century coaching inn housing the only local pub, was in particular described as "a body blow." The hotel closed not long after a widely publicized legal case was won by three Polish former employees
Glendaruel is marked out at government level as a typical example of a
===School===
Kilmodan Primary has been earmarked for closure at various times in recent decades including in 1998 and in 2010 when the school roll stood at just 22 students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/11-rural-primary-schools-face-axe-1.353679 |title=11 rural primary schools face axe |publisher=Herald Scotland |date=1998-02-19 |access-date=2012-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/false-economy-of-school-closures-1.349711 |title=False economy of school closures |publisher=Herald Scotland |date=1998-03-20 |access-date=2012-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/1998-mike-russell-helps-save-school-2010-same-primary-faces-axe-again-1-826286 |title=1998: Mike Russell helps save school. 2010: Same primary faces axe again - News |
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===Music===
Glendaruel is the inspiration for a number of bagpipe tunes, including ''The Glendaruel Highlanders'', ''The Sweet Maid of Glendaruel'', and ''The Dream Valley of Glendaruel''. The tune of ''The Glendaruel Highlanders'' was
==Geography==
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