English / Map Form: Auldearn
Gaelic Form: Allt Èireann
Location: Nairnshire, Highland
Post Town: NAIRN
County: Nairnshire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Auldearn
Gaelic Form: Allt Èireann
Language Notes
Element Meaning
G allt ~ burn + Èireann ~ Ireland
Sources
Aulderne 1562 RMS iv no. 1429
Alld-èirinn c. 1811, James Macintyre, Etymological Dictionary of the names of Places in Scotland, CW76
Allt Èireann Watson p. 229
The name is also mentioned in reference to the battle:
Latha Allt Eire: Hebridean Connection 1984, 127
Latha Alld-Eire: Am Feillire, 1873, 5 [date is 3rd or 4th]
Latha Allt-Eire: Am Fèillire, 1875, 7 ditto
Blàr Allt Eairn: Name of a Pibroch tune
Additional Information
Battle of Auldearn ~ Blàr Allt Èireann: 9 May 1645
Blàr is the term used to denote the site of the battle, where as the term latha, as shown above, refers to the event of the battle.