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Foley

no Gaelic form


Settlement

Location

Ayrshire

North Ayrshire

KA27

NS0883164080


English / Map Form: Foley

Gaelic Form: no Gaelic form


Post Town: ISLE OF ARRAN

Postcode area: KA27

County: Ayrshire

Local Authority: North Ayrshire

English / Map Form: Foley

Gaelic Form: no Gaelic form


Sources

Foley 1820 Thomson

“He built an elegant house on some high grounds not far from the parish church, and gave it a fine high-sounding name, which I forget, but the Rothesay folks were not satisfied with the name, and in spite of him always continued to call it “The Folly” It was afterwards purchased by Lord Bute, and occupied by Colonel Moore, who, wisely humouring the whim of the Rothesayanians, called it “Foley House.”” Glasgow past and present 1851, 134

Whether this comment is true or not, the derivation could be considered obscure.

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