English / Map Form: Glen Cloy
Gaelic Form: Gleann Mhac Lothaidh
Location: Arran, Firth of Clyde
Post Town: BRODICK
County: Ayrshire
Local Authority: North Ayrshire
English / Map Form: Glen Cloy
Gaelic Form: Gleann Mhac Lothaidh
Language Notes
G nom. sg. gleann, masc. ‘glen’ + gen. pl. Mac Lothaidh, masc. patronymic = ‘the farm of the MacLothaidhs’Element Meaning
G gleann ~ glen + G Mac Lothaidh personal name
Sources
| Glenklowy | 1472 RMS ii 1096 |
| Glen cloy | 1654 Blaeu Map Arania |
| [gleŋkḷɔʌ] | Fraser 1999, 129 |
| Gleann ‘ac Lõthaidh | Robertson MS391, 12 |
Additional Information
‘Mac Lothaidh (Mac Clothaidh ?), Englished Fullarton, as Ac Lothaidh. We may note also Gleann Ac Lothaidh or Glen Cloy, in 1472 Glenklowy, meaning Glen of Mac Loy or Fullarton, in which the family of Fullarton of Kilmichael has owned lands from the days of King Robert the Bruce.’ Celtic Review, 170 Robertson ‘Scottish Gaelic Dialects’
‘..Glencloy takes its name from the Macloys or Fullartons who held the lands of Kilmichael early in the fourteenth century… Macloy is MacLouis ir MacLoui…’ Cameron 1889, 125-126
This surnames is given in Black and Dwelly as MacLughaidh under MacCloy