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
_Loch Clair_, properly _Clar_ (loch clar). Means anything
flat, as the head of a barrel, leaf of a table, the front or
plain piece of a kilt. The stone tables of the law are
called _clar_ in the Gaelic bible.
_Loch Coulin_ (loch koalin). Coulin (or Connlin) is from
_Connlach_, a Fingalian hero, who was buried on a promontory
in the loch. The site of his grave is still pointed out.
_Loch Fada_ (loch fatter), Long loch. _Fada_, long.
_Loch Fear_, _Feur_, _Feir_, or _Fiar_. See _Fear loch_.
_Loch Gharbhaig_ (loch garravaik), Loch of the Garavaig,
which see.
_Loch Maree._ See _St Maelrubha_.
_Loch Mhic 'ille Rhiabhaich_ (loch vik illie reeoach), Loch
of MacGille Riabhach, whom see.
_Loch na Beiste_ (loch na peyest), Loch of the beast.
_Beist_, a beast, a brute.
_Loch na h' Oidhche_ (loch na hayich), Loch of night.
_Oidhche_, night.
_Loch nan Dailthean_ (loch nan dullann), Loch of the
meadows. _Dail_, a field, a meadow.
_Loch Rosque._ See _Loch a Chroisg_.
_Loch Torr na h' Eiginn_ (loch torr na haykin), Loch of the
mound of violence. _Torr_, a mound; _eiginn_, violence.
_Lochan a' Neigh._ Should be _Lochan an Fheidh_, which see.
_Lochan an Fheidh_ (lochan a neay), Loch of the deer.
_Fheidh_, possessive of _fiadh_, deer.
_Lochan Cul na Cathrach_ (lochan cool na karroch), Tarn of
[or at] the back of the fairies' seat. _Cul_, back of;
_cathrach_, possessive of _cathair_, a seat, a word usually
applied to the fairies' seats.
_Lochan nan Airm_ (lochan nan arram), Loch of the arms.
_Airm_, possessive of _aram_ (or _armachd_), arms.
_Lochan nan Breac_, or _Lochan nan Breac Adhair_ (lochanan
brake aar), Lochan of the trout from the sky. _Adhar_, the
sky. When trout are found in a loch without inlet or outlet,
they are supposed to have fallen from the sky.
_Lochend_ (Dog Gaelic), End of the loch.
_Londubh_ (lonedhoo), Black bog. _Lon_, a bog; _dubh_,
black.
_Longa_ (longer). Norse name; the termination _a_ is an old
Norse suffix meaning an isle. _Long_ may be Norse equivalent
to the English _long_, or it may possibly be the Gaelic
_long_, a ship. In old maps it is called _Lunga_.
_Lonmor_ (lone more), Big bog. _Lon_ (lone), a bog; _mor_,
big.
_Luibmhor_ (loopmore), Great bend [or loop]. _Luib_, a bend.
_Lungard_ (lungard). An old name; meaning unknown.
_Mac_ (mak), Son of. Possessive _mhic_ (vik), of the son of.
_Mac a Ghille Riabhaich_ (mak illie ree-oach), Son of Gille
Riabhach. See _Gille Riabhach_.
_Mac Callum_ (makallum), Son of Malcolm.
_Mac Coinnich_ (mak kunnich), Son of Kenneth. _Mac_, son of;
_Coinnich_, possessive of _Coinneach_, which see.
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