Auchenshuggle
Achadh an t-Seagail
Meaning
The field of the rye
Location
City of Glasgow
Glasgow City
G32
NS639628
English / Map Form: Auchenshuggle
Gaelic Form: Achadh an t-Seagail
Location: Glasgow
Post Town: GLASGOW
Postcode area: G32
County: City of Glasgow
Local Authority: Glasgow City
English / Map Form: Auchenshuggle
Gaelic Form: Achadh an t-Seagail
Sources
“It is certainly not the fault of the Celt that such pretty and expressive names as “Achad-an-t-seagail” (the rye
field) and “Tigh-an droma” (the watershed house) should have been changed in another tongue into such barbarous and unmelodious sounds as Achenshuggle and Taindrum, respectively!”
Robertson Some Notes on Celtic Place-Names Voices from the Hills (Guthan o na Beanntaibh) 1927 ed. MacDonald, John
