English / Map Form: Corrimony
Gaelic Form: Coire Mhonaidh
Location: Inverness area, Highland
Post Town: INVERNESS
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Corrimony
Gaelic Form: Coire Mhonaidh
Language Notes
Element Meaning
G coire ~ corrie + monadh~ moor
Sources
| Corrymony | 1509 RMS ii, 3392 |
| Cory-mony | c. 1591 Pont text 124v |
| Coire Mhònaidh | MacKay 1893 and 1914 |
| Coire-Mhonaidh | 1884 Gaelic Society of Inverness, vol x, 18, Annual Dinner report |
Additional Information
There is a feature here called Mony’s Stone, which according to Canmore by local tradition is a standing stone marking the burial of Mony’s sone, one of the kings of Denmark. The tune Corrimony is also known as Coire Mhonaidh. The second element here is likely a personal name.
