Dalry

Dail Fhraoich

Meaning

the heathery meadow

Settlement

Location

Ayrshire

North Ayrshire

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English / Map Form: Dalry

Gaelic Form: Dail Fhraoich

Location: North Ayrshire

Post Town: DALRY

County: Ayrshire

Local Authority: North Ayrshire

English / Map Form: Dalry

Gaelic Form: Dail Fhraoich

Language Notes

G nom. sg. dail, fem. ‘riverside meadow’; possibly gen. sg of G fraoch, masc. 'heather' 

Element Meaning

G dail ~ riverside meadow + possibly G fraoch ~ heather

Sources

de Dalri 1226 Reg. Glas. No. 140
Dalry 1328 RMS, i, app 2 no. 690
‘heather dale’ is possible (fraoch old gen. fraoigh) Watson 1926, 144, 200
British dol rug or Gaelic dail fhraoigh Harris p. 209
“‘King’s meadow v. G dail rìgh or ‘heather dale’ v. dail fhraoigh” Dixon, 124

Alternative Forms