Inverness-shire also known as the County of Inverness, or Siorrachd Inbhir Nis in Gaelic, was a general purpose county of Scotland until 1975, with the burgh of Inverness as the county town. History Inverness-shire acquired a county council in 1890, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889, and, under the same legislation, boundaries were altered to make the county a single contiguous area (except, of course, for island areas of the county). Although the new boundaries were supposed to be… (More on Inverness-shire)