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Inchcailloch

Innis Cailleach


Location

Stirling

NS409903


English / Map Form: Inchcailloch

Gaelic Form: Innis Cailleach


Location: Loch Lomond ~ Loch Laomainn

Local Authority: Stirling

English / Map Form: Inchcailloch

Gaelic Form: Innis Cailleach


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Sources

Inchekalloche c. 1350 RMS no. 1144 (Index B) Vol I
Inchcalzeoch c. 1350 RMS no. 1190 (Index A) Vol I
Inchkalleche c. 1350 RMS no. 1190 (Index B) Vol I
Inchecallach 1405 Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok p. 146
Inchecallioch 1498 RMS no. 2416 vol II
Inischailly c. 1591 Pont map 17
Inch-chaille c. 1591 Pont text 150r
Inchalcheoche 1610 RMS no. 397 vol VII
Inchecalyeoch 1612 RMS no. 735 vol. VII
Inchcalleoch 1614 RMS no. 1049 vol. VII
Inschecalleoche 1618 RMS no. 1834 vol. VII
Inchcalyeoch 1622 RMS no. 358 vol.VIII
Inchcaleoch 1628 RMS no. 1222 vol. VIII
Inchcalyeoche 1655 Retours (Dumbartonshire) no. 53.
Inche-Chaille which means Wooded island 1654 Blaeu Text p. 68
Inchcalzeoch 1662 Retours (Dumbartonshire) no. 57
Inche chaille 1654 Blaeu map 27
Inchcallioch 1724 Description of six parishes (Macf.Geog.Coll p335)
Isle of Inchcallioth 1724 Description of six parishes (Macf.Geog.Coll p346)
?Inissicailloch 1747-1755 Roy’s Map
Inchfaillach 1820 Thompson’s Map

The old forms squarely suggest Innis Cailleach, that is a gen. pl. `Island of nuns’. The Pont / Blaeu forms are based on the mistaken derivation of G coille. This is supported by the Blaeu text: `Inche-Chaille which means Wooded island’.

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