Placenames
Found in 233 Collections and/or Records:
Description of Uamh 'n Talla Dheirg
Description of Uamh 'n Talla Dheirg [Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] collected from Hector MacIosaig [Hector MacIsaac], Kean Langabhat, Iochdar [Ceann Langabhat, Ìochdar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] that it 'enters fr[om] the sea long dist[ance] natural [cave]'.
Etymological and geographical note for Creaga Loisgte, 20 January 1871
Etymological note for the placename 'Tir Laidhgeann', c1893
Etymological note for the placename 'Tir Laidhgeann', which reads 'Lathacan = Laithgeann = Tir Laidhgeann Lismore. Several saints of this name. See 121p[age] Book of Hymns.'
Etymological note on Dun Fraoin, September 1870
Etymological note which reads 'Dun Fraoin is so cal[led] from Fraon one of the Feinne.' [Dùn Fraoin, Lios Mòr/Lismore, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire.]
Etymological note on 'Glas' as 'water' and 'Dubh-ghlas' for 'Douglas', c1892
Etymological note on 'Glas' as 'water' and 'Dubh-ghlas' for 'Douglas', including mentions of 'Anaghlas = milk and water' and 'Glas-sheile = water brash' and a note that there is a 'Dubh-ghlas in Leanndaidh Lennox where some say Arthur fought his 3[r]d 4th and 5th battles.' [Douglas Water, Siorrachd Dhùn Breatainn/Dunbartonshire]
Etymological note which reads 'Obair-reithinn = Aberdeen, the work of Reithin', March 1867
Etymological note which reads 'Obair-reithinn = Aberdeen, the work of Reithin'.
Etymology for the place Dullan Water, Aberdeenshire, October 1892
Etymology for the place Dullan Water, Aberdeenshire, noting that its meaning is 'dullan being from dubh black and alan water black'.
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1887
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 2 September 1870 to 7 October 1875
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 14 November 1873 to 10 April 1875
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael. Of the ninety-three folios in the notebook, only twenty-two have been used.