English / Map Form: GLEN FORSA
Gaelic Form: GLEANN FORSA
Post Town: ISLE OF MULL
Postcode area: PA65
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: GLEN FORSA
Gaelic Form: GLEANN FORSA
Element Meaning
G gleann + en Forsa.
‘Forsa glen’.
en Forsa < ON fors, gen. fors + ON á.
‘Waterfall river’.
Sources
Glenforssay 1509 NRS E38/339 [=ER xiii 214; district-name]
the water of Glenforsay 1549 × c.1675 Monro (Sibbald) §100 [=River Forsa]
Glen Foirsa 1654 Blaeu (Pont) Mula
Glen Foirsa 1654 Blaeu (Pont) Lorna
Gleann-forsa 1830 An Teachdaire Gaelach ii, 93
Gleannforsa 1842 Cuairtear nan Gleann ii, 312
Gleann-Forsa 1867 Caraid nan Gaidheal, 343
Glen Forsa 1868 × 1878 OSNB ARG OS1/2/76/17/3
Glen Forsa 1868 × 1878 OSNB ARG OS1/2/46/1/16/2
Ghlinnforsa 1870 Oran air Comhdhail Bhliadhnail Luchd Aiteachaidh Mhuile agus I Cholum Chille, 1 [genitive]
Glenforsa 1870 Oran air Comhdhail Bhliadhnail Luchd Aiteachaidh Mhuile agus I Cholum Chille, 4
Glen Forsa 1872 Leabhar na Feinne, 176
Gleann-forsa 1879 An t-Òranaiche, 190
Glen Forsa 1881 OS 6 inch 1st edn Sheet LXXXIV
Gleann Forsa 1895 Clan Traditions and Popular Tales, 18
Glenforsa 1895 Clan Traditions and Popular Tales, 18
Glen Forsa 1900 OS 6 inch 2nd edn Sheet LXXXIV
Gleann-forsa 1907 Naigheachdan Fìrinneach ii, 253
Gleann Forsa 1954 Clàr-eagair Mòd Ionadach na Dreòlluinn, 8 [local Mòd programme]
Glen Forsa 2007 OS Explorer [also at NM598426]
Additional Information
The referent of the specific of the existing name is almost certainly the waterfall near the mouth of River Forsa at NM600432. This waterfall is marked on OS maps.
