English / Map Form: Keills
Gaelic Form: A' Chill
Location: Islay, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: ISLE OF ISLAY
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Keills
Gaelic Form: A' Chill
Genitive Form: na Cille
Language Notes
G nom. sg. fem def. art a', + nom. sg of cill, `church' = `the church'Element Meaning
G cill ~ church
Sources
| Kilcallumkill | 1662 Retours (Argyle) no. 68 |
| Kiels | 1820 Thomson |
| Kiels House | 1882 OS |
| cill Chaluim-Chille | Lands of Lordship |
| Cill Chaluim-Chille | MacNiven 2006 |
| às a’Chill (from Keills) | Seanchas Ile, 114. |