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Ballygrant

Baile a' Ghràna

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Meaning

the farm of the grain


Settlement

Location

Argyll & Bute

Argyll & Bute

NR395662


English / Map Form: Ballygrant

Gaelic Form: Baile a' Ghràna


Location: Islay, Inner Hebrides

Post Town: ISLE OF ISLAY

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

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)

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