• English
  • Gàidhlig
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • My Account
  • Checkout
  • Cart
Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba (AÀA)

  • Home
  • Database
    • Searchable Map
    • AZ List
  • OS Map
  • Resources
    • Academic Papers
    • Place-name Lists
    • Reading List
    • Links
    • Gaelic Place-Name Policy
  • Support
    • AÀA Supporter
  • Shop
    • Services
    • Corporate Memberships
    • Publications
  • News
  • Contact Us
previous postnext post
  • Info
  • Location
  • Research Notes

Findhorn

Inbhir Èir


Location

Moray

NJ043643


English / Map Form: Findhorn

Gaelic Form: Inbhir Èir


County: -- Select a county --

Local Authority: Moray

English / Map Form: Findhorn

Gaelic Form: Inbhir Èir


Language Notes

 

Sources

Forms for the settlement

Inbhir Éir Lower Findhorn Diack in CW67

Forms for the river:

At Aviemore I noticed Uisg’ Èir (Findhorn): Diack in letter to Robertson
Abhainn èire (=Findhorn) rises at Clach Sgoilte: Watson CW9
Uisge Éire: Watson in Dwelly
Éire gen. Éireann: Robertson

Invereren is the lower part of the river Findhorn. It was also the name of the old village of Findhorn, at the mouth of the river, which was swept away by the storm of 1701.: Watson 1926, 229 [likely Inveren in error for Invereren]

Additional Information

The place called Eren in which the toft was situated would have been near this; it was most probably in fact the same as the old village of Invereren. The names Culleme and Eamhill, near the mouth of Findhorn, meaning ‘nook of Eren’ and ‘hill of Eren,’ are further in favour of Eren having the name of a district. The name Findhom itself is the dative locative of Fionn-Éire, ‘white Ireland,’ and doubtless refers to the white sands of the estuary. The river is in Gaelic Eire, Uisge Eire, and its strath is Strath Éireann, Strathdearn, ‘Ireland’s strath.’: Watson 1926, 230

See Beveridge 64-65 for the form Inverern or Invererne. The form Inbhir Èireann may have been suggested by early forms, but Diack’s 20th C form gives Inbhir Èir which in any case differentiates this from Inverearn.

Findhorn Bridge ~ Drochaid Èire

Alternative Forms

 

Primary Sidebar

Database


Match phrase Match words




OS Map

Welcome to the Ordnance Survey (OS) open source digital map. This is a tool you can use to study ... Continue Reading about OS Map

Our Products

  • The Journal of Scottish Name Studies: Volume 3 £0.00
  • The Journal of Scottish Name Studies: Volume 2 £0.00

News

Dingwall ~ Inbhir Pheofharain

Footer

Gaelic Place-names of Scotland

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
Sleat
Isle of Skye
IV44 8RQ

+44 (0) 1471 888 120
fios@ainmean-aite.scot

Useful links

  • About Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba
  • How to use the search
  • Commercial Information & Rates
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie policy
  • Terms & Conditions

Main Menu

  • Home
  • Database
    • Searchable Map
    • AZ List
  • OS Map
  • Resources
    • Academic Papers
    • Place-name Lists
    • Reading List
    • Links
    • Gaelic Place-Name Policy
  • Support
    • AÀA Supporter
  • Shop
    • Services
    • Corporate Memberships
    • Publications
  • News
  • Contact Us

Site Search

Follow Us

  • E-mail
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2021 Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba. All rights reserved. Website by Lumberjack Digital