Grealin

Grialainn

Settlement

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG508617

English / Map Form: Grealin

Gaelic Form: Grialainn

Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides

Post Town: PORTREE

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A885

English / Map Form: Grealin

Gaelic Form: Grialainn

Language Notes

 

Sources

Growlin 1627 Retours (Inverness) no. 47
Grouling 1695 Retours (Inverness) no. 118
Grealin, Greaulin – not known, there is a word greollan a cricket (insect) Forbes, 206
Grèalainn or Greallainn. Norse – meaning unclear Mac an Tàilleir
Grialainn [‘griɑLiNʲ ] Cox, local source

Additional Information

An obscure name. Gordon 1963, 86 suggests a derivation from ON grænn völl, ‘green field’, with metathesis of [n] and [L].

Alternative Forms