English / Map Form: Drynoch
Gaelic Form: An Droighneach
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A863
English / Map Form: Drynoch
Gaelic Form: An Droighneach
Language Notes
G nom. sg. masc. def. art. an + nom. sg. droighneach, masc. ‘place of the thorns’ = ‘the place of the thorns’Element Meaning
G droighneach ~ place of the thorns
Sources
| Dryanach | 1548 RMS iv no. 204 |
| Dreynach | 1644 Pont text 141r |
| Dreynach | 1654 Blaeu Map (Skye) |
| Drynach | 1804 Heather |
| An Droighneach | Dwelly 1912 |
| draigneach | Watson 1926, 200 |
| Drynie = Droighnidh (no article) | Watson 1904, 94 |
| Drynoch, Droighneach… place of thorns | Forbes, 159 |
Additional Information
Drynoch Dump ~ Lagais an Droighnich