English / Map Form: Errocht
Gaelic Form: An Eireachd
Location: Lochaber, Highland
Post Town: SPEAN BRIDGE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: B8004
English / Map Form: Errocht
Gaelic Form: An Eireachd
Language Notes
G masc. def. art. an (with t- before vowels) + nom. sg. eireachd, masc. ‘assembly, meeting’ = ‘the meeting place’.Element Meaning
G eireachd ~ assembly, meeting place
Sources
| terris de Arracht | 1623 Retours (Inverness) no. 41 |
| Arracht | 1661 Retours (Inverness) no. 86 |
| Eracht | 1820 Thomson |
| Eireachd | MacMillan, 258 |
| An Earrachd, an t-Eireachd | MacKinnon, 20 |
| An Eireachd | TM |