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
_Iain Gearr_ (eean garr), Short John. _Gearr_, short.
_Iain Gearr Mac Mhurchaidh Mhic Iain_ (eean garr mak
muroochie vic yan), Short John, son of Murdo, son of John.
_Iain Glassich_ (eean glassoch), John of [Strath] Glass.
_Iain Liath_ (eean leear), Grey John. _Liath_, grey.
_Iain MacAllan Mhic Ruaridh_ (eean mak allan vik rooarie),
John, son of Allan, son of Rorie. See separate words.
_Iain Mac Coinnich Mhic Eachainn_ (eean mak kunyich vik
erchen), John, son of Kenneth, son of Hector.
_Iain Mac Eachainn Chaoil_ (eean mak erchen chooil), John,
son of slender Hector. _Chaoil_, possessive of _caol_,
slender.
_Iain Mac Ghille Challum_ (eean mak illie challum), John,
son of the lad Malcolm. See _Mac Ghille Challum_.
_Iain Mac Iain Uidhir_ (eean mak an eer), John, the son of
dun John. _Uidhir_ is the possessive of _odhar_, dun.
_Iain Mor am Post_ (eean more am post, pronounced like
cost), Big John the post.
_Iain Odhar Mac Iain Leith_ (eean our mak an lay), Dun John,
son of Grey John. _Odhar_, dun; _liath_, grey.
_Iain Ruadh_ (eean ruor, or ruag), John Roy, or Red John.
_Innis a Bhaird_ (ish y vard), Oasis (or "clearing") of the
bard. _Innis_, an island, or green oasis in a brown heathery
region; _bhaird_, possessive of _bard_.
_Innis Ghlas_ (inch gloss), The grey oasis. See _Innis a
Bhaird_. _Glas_, grey.
_Inveran_, in Gaelic _Inbhiran_ (in youren). _Inbhiran_ is
the diminutive of _Inbhir_ (inver), an estuary, or mouth of.
Inveran therefore means the little estuary. It takes this
name from the small estuary formed where the little river
from Kernsary enters Loch Maree.
_Inverasdale_, should be spelt _Inbhirasdal_ (in-ur-astle),
Mouth of the river Asdaile. Called _Ashfidill_, _Aspedell_,
or _Absdill_ in old documents.
_Inverewe_, Anglicé for _Inbhiriu_ (in yer ew), The mouth of
the Ewe. _Inver_ (Gallice _Inbhir_), mouth of a river.
_Judha._ See _Feill Iudha_. There is no word beginning with
_J_ in Gaelic.
_Kenlochewe_ (kinloch ew). See _Ceann loch iu_. The letter
_k_ does not occur in true Gaelic.
_Kenneth._ English form of _Coinneach_, which see.
_Kernsary_, spelt in Gaelic _Cearnsair_. A corruption,
probably from _carn_, a cairn; _aridh_, a shieling.
_Kerry_, properly spelt _Cearridh_. Meaning unknown; may be
connected with _cearr_, left, or wrong.
_Kerrysdale._ A modern English name; in Gaelic it is called
_Cathair Bheag_, or the little seat or green knoll on which
the fairies used to sit. Compare similar word in Welsh, as
in _Cader Idris_. _Bheag_ is possessive of _beag_, little.
_Kintail._ See _Ceann an t' sail_.
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