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
_Naast_, or _Naust_ (narst). A Norse word. Fäste is Norse
for a fortress; its Gaelic form with the article would be
Näste. There is here a knowe by the sea called _Dun Naast_,
apparently including the Gaelic _Dun_, a castle.
_Ob Choir' I_ (ope corree), Bay of the island of the corrie,
or Island Corrie Bay. _Ob_, a bay; _choire_, possessive of
_coire_, a corrie; _i_, old Gaelic for an island. Iona is
still called "_I_" in Gaelic.
_Oban_ (open, or oben), a little bay.
_Og_ (ogue, pronounced as in rogue), young.
_Oighrig_ (eyrig). Woman's name; Euphemia is considered to
be the English equivalent.
_Openham._ Corrupted from _Opinan_, which see.
_Opinan_ (opinen), Little bays. Corrupted from _Obanan_,
plural of _Oban_, which see.
_Oran na Feannaige_ (oran na feounak), Song of the hoodie
crow. _Oran_, song; _feannag_, a hoodie crow, _i.e._ the
Royston or grey crow.
_Ormiscaig_ (ormscaik). A Norse name; its termination means
a small bay. The word may include _Ormr_, Norse for a
serpent. (See Rev. Isaac Taylor on Orme's Head.)
_Padruig Caogach_ (partrik kuogoch), Skew-eyed Peter.
_Caogach_, skew-eyed; _Padruig_, Peter, or Patrick.
_Philabeg._ See _Feileadh Beag_. _Philabeg_ is a lowland
form of the name of the kilt.
_Piobaire Ban_ (peepier ban), The fair piper. _Piobaire_, a
piper; _ban_, fair, white.
_Piobaire Dall_ (peepi-er toul), Blind piper. _Piobaire_, a
piper; _dall_, blind.
_Piobaireachd_ (peebyrocht), Pipe music. Usually applied to
a set piece in the form now commonly called a pibroch.
_Ploc_ (plok), a round mass.
_Ploc_ (plok) of Torridon. See _Ploc_.
_Ploc-ard_ (plokart), Height of the round mass. See _Ploc_
and _Aird_.
_Poll a Chuillin_ (poll a choolin), Pool of the hollies.
_Poll_, a pool; _cuilionn_, hollies.
_Poolewe_ (pool-ew). This name means the pool of the Ewe; in
Gaelic it is _Poll-iu_. _Poll_, a pool; _iu_, ewe.
_Port Henderson._ A modern name. The colloquial Gaelic name
of the place is _Portigill_ (porstigil). May be from _Port a
geal_, the white port.
_Port na h' Eille_ (port na hail), Port of the thong.
_Iall_, a thong, a leather strap; possessive _eille_.
_Port na Heile_ (port na hail). See _Port na h' Eille_.
_Pronadh na Mial_ (prone-a na meoul), Crushing the louse.
_Pronadh_, crushing; _mial_, louse.
_Raasay_, properly _Rasaidh_ (raaser). Norse name. May
perhaps include _rath_, an obsolete word for a round fort.
_Rathad Mor_ (rart more), High (great) road. _Rathad_, road;
_mor_, great.
_Regoilachy_ (regoalachie). From _fhrith_ (_ree_), a forest,
and _gobhlach_, forked. The termination is probably for
euphony, but may represent _achadh_, a field.
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