Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire: Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and Natural History, with a Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree, and a Map and Illustrations — John Shaqi
Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire: Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and Natural History, with a Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree, and a Map and IllustrationsDixon, John H. (John Henry)
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Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire: Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and Natural History, with a Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree, and a Map and Illustrations
Dixon, John H. (John Henry)
Gairloch (Scotland) -- Guidebooks; Gairloch (Scotland) -- History; Ross and Cromarty (Scotland) -- History
_Feithean Mor_, properly _Na feithean mor_ (fain more), The
great morasses. _Feith_ (pl. _feithean_), a morass, a bog.
_Feur loch._ See _Fear loch_.
_Fiaclachan_ (feearclochon), little toothed things.
Diminutive of _fiaclach_, toothed or jagged, _i.e._ the
little jagged rock; very descriptive.
_Fiar loch._ See _Fear loch_.
_Fionn Loch_ (fee-un-loch), Fingal's loch, or The white
loch. It is called Loch Finn on the map of 1662. _Fionn_
means white, pale, or wan. It is said the Fingalians were
called the white men in contradistinction to the Dugals or
black men.
_Fionnla Dubh MacGillechriosd_ (feeounla dhoo mak gillie
chree-est), Black Finlay, son of the servant of Christ. See
_MacGillechriosd_.
_Fionnla Dubh na Saighead_ (feeounla dhoo na side), Black
Finlay of the arrow. _Saighead_, an arrow.
_Fionnla Liath_ (feeounla leear), Grey Finlay. _Liath_,
grey.
_Firemore._ See _Faidhir mor_.
_Foura_ (foora), an island at the mouth of Loch Ewe. The
name includes the Norwegian suffix "a," meaning an island.
_Fuar_ (four) is Gaelic for cold.
_Fraoch-eilean_ (frooch-eylan), Heather isle. _Fraoch_,
heather.
_Fuirneis_ (furniss), Furnace. This name was most likely
originated here by iron-workers from Furness in Lancashire.
Furness, according to Rev. Isaac Taylor, may be Fireness,
the "fire isle," or "Fore-ness." Ness is Norse for a nose or
headland.
_Gael_ (gale), properly _Gaidheal_ (gai-al), a Highlander, a
Gael.
_Gaelic_ (gallik), properly _Gaidhealach_ (gai-alloch),
Highland.
_Gairloch_ (garloch), Short loch. Originally, and more
correctly, spelt _Gearrloch_ or _Gerloch_. _Gearr_, short.
It is always spelt _Gearrloch_ in Gaelic.
_Garadh Iaruinn_ (gaarogh eerun), Iron dyke. _Garradh_, a
dyke, a fence wall; _iaruinn_, iron.
_Garavaig_, properly _Garbhaig_ (garavaik), name of a small
river or burn. The termination "aig" is said to be old
Danish, and means a small bay, but the prefix is probably
from _garbh_, rough.
_Garbh_ (garav, or garve), rough.
_Garbh Choire_ (garav chorrie), Rough corrie.
_Garbh eilean_ (garaveylan), Rough island. _Garbh_, rough.
_Geal_ (gayal), white, bright.
_Gille_ (gillie), a lad, a young man, a gillie, a servant.
_Gille Buidhe_ (gillie boo-ie), Yellow, or yellow-haired
gillie. See _Gille_.
_Gille Cailean Mor_ (gilly callain more), The lad big Colin.
See separate words.
_Gille Dubh_ (gillie dhoo), Black, or black-haired lad.
_Gille Riabhach_ (gillie ree-oach), Brindled lad.
_Riabhach_, brindled.
_Gillean_ (gillyon), lads. Plural of _Gille_, which see.
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