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Auldearn

Allt Èireann


Location

Nairnshire

Highland

NH935547


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.

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