English / Map Form: Elphin
Gaelic Form: Ailbhinn
Location: Ullapool
Post Town: Ullapool
County: Sutherland
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Elphin
Gaelic Form: Ailbhinn
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
Ailibhinn: Robertson MS359
Ailbhinn, Elphin ‘rock peak’ Watson 1926, 125 [no article]
Ailbhinn: Storlann map
“G. “El,” old Gaelic aill, stone or rock; phin = fionn, fair, white the white rock. Limestone at this hamlet.” MacKay
Additional Information
Cf also Alexander 1952, 53 who discusses the Elphin in ABD, and gives the same underlying Gaelic form.
