Isleornsay
Eilean Iarmain
Meaning
‘island of Iarma(i)n’ (possibly originally Dhiarmaid ‘Diarmid’ or Tioram ‘dry’, the Gaelic equivalent of N iorasa or orfhasa)
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
NG697122
English / Map Form: Isleornsay
Gaelic Form: Eilean Iarmain
Location: Sleat, Skye
Post Town: Isle of Skye
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Isleornsay
Gaelic Form: Eilean Iarmain
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
Ealain Dermait: 1820 Thomson
Isle Ornsay Written in this form by Order of Mayor Bolland 19th July 1883. OS Name Books
Eilean Orfhasaig name transferred in English usage to Eilean Iormainn: Robertson
Additional Information
In modern times the settlement is referred to as Isleornsay in English and Eilean Iarmain in Gaelic.
