English / Map Form: Balemartine
Gaelic Form: Baile Mhàrtainn
Location: Tiree, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: ISLE OF TIREE
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Balemartine
Gaelic Form: Baile Mhàrtainn
Language Notes
G nom. sg. baile masc. ‘town’ + gen. sg. masc. personal name MàrtainnElement Meaning
G nom. sg. baile, ‘town’ + personal name Màrtainn
Sources
Ballemartein 1674 Retours (Argyle) 82
Ballimartine 1804 Langlands
G. Baile, town + Martin: MacDonald 1965, 25
Baile Mhàrtainn: Brownlie
