Ballygrant
Baile a' Ghràna
Meaning
the farm of the grain
Location
Argyll & Bute
Argyll & Bute
PA45
NR395662
English / Map Form: Ballygrant
Gaelic Form: Baile a' Ghràna
Location: Islay, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: ISLE OF ISLAY
Postcode area: PA45
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Ballygrant
Gaelic Form: Baile a' Ghràna
Language Notes
G nom. sg. baile, masc. `town' + gen. sg. masc. def. art. a' (leniting) + lenited gen. sg. of gràn, masc. `grain' = `the farm of the grain'Element Meaning
G baile ~ town/farm; gràn ~ grain
Sources
Baile a’ Ghrànna MacNeill’s New Guide to Islay, 71
Baile ghrànnda Robertson 2019, 403
Bail a’ ghràna Dwelly 1912
Baile Gràna Lands of Lordship
Baile a’ Ghràna Seanchas Ile, 136
Baile Ghrànna Seanchas Ile, 145.
Additional Information
This name was gathered as part of a local research project on the place-names of Islay an Jura and was published in a booklet by NatureScot and AÀA.
Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Islay and Jura (NatureScot 2011)
