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Arbroath

Obar Bhrothaig

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English / Map Form: Arbroath

Gaelic Form: Obar Bhrothaig


Location: Angus

Post Town: ARBROATH

County: Angus

Local Authority: Angus

English / Map Form: Arbroath

Gaelic Form: Obar Bhrothaig


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Element Meaning

 

Sources

Ard vrain Lhuyd 1699 Trinity College Library MS. H. 4. 28
Obar Bhrothaig Watson, Hogan’s Review
Obair-bhrothaig Watson in Dwelly
Obar-bhrotháig Watson 1926, 465
artsh-bro Diack, Inscriptions, 183 and MS2276

Additional Information

It is perhaps noteworthy that the now accepted form Obar Bhrothaig does not seem to have been on record before Watson published it, and is not recorded by anyone else. Early forms of course show the name to have originally been Aberbrothock.

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