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Duirinish

Diùranais

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Inverness-shire

Highland

NG784316


English / Map Form: Duirinish

Gaelic Form: Diùranais


Location: Plockton

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Duirinish

Gaelic Form: Diùranais


Language Notes

ON dýra-nes gen. pl. of ON dýr, neut. ‘deer’ + ON nom. sg. nes, neut. ‘promontory’ = ‘promontory of deer’.

Sources

Durris 1548 RMS iv, no. 204
Durnes 1554 RMS iv, no. 969
Durines 1633 Retours (Ross) 79
Dewrnes 1574 RMS iv, no. 2270
Dewrnes 1574 RMS iv, no. 2274
Durinische 1607 RMS vi, no. 1879
Durines 1691 Retours (Ross) 152

Additional Information

Cf. Watson 1904, 188. This is the same name as Durinish in Skye and Durness in Sutherland for which the proposed form is the same. The current sign on the A87 says Diùrinis which is clearly wrong.

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