English / Map Form: Drynachan
Gaelic Form: An Droighneachan
Location: Lochaber, Highland
Post Town: INVERGARRY
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Drynachan
Gaelic Form: An Droighneachan
Language Notes
G nom. sg. masc. def. art. an + G nom. pl. droighneach, masc. ‘place of the thorns’ = ‘the places of the thorns’Element Meaning
G droighneach ~ place of the thorns
Sources
| terras de Drynachane | 1627 RMS viii 1064 |
| Dreynachan | 1654 Blaeu map Braid-Allban |
An Droighneachan Dieckhoff 1932
Additional Information
Probably from “Droighneachan” – The fort: Ellice 1932, 78