Gaelic was still spoken widely on Arran at the beginning of the 20th century.

[8] It continued to decline until the last native speakers of Arran Gaelic died in the 1990s.

Current Gaelic speakers on Arran originate from other areas in Scotland.

Holmer carried out field work on the island in 1938, reporting Gaelic being spoken by "a fair number of old inhabitants".

[11] Mac an Tàilleir notes that the island has a poetic name Arainn nan Aighean Iomadh – "Arran of the many stags" and that a native of the island or Arainneach is also nicknamed a coinean mòr in Gaelic, meaning "big rabbit".