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Kennoway Drive

Dràibh Cheannachaidh


Building or Street

Location

City of Glasgow

Glasgow City

NS563665


English / Map Form: Kennoway Drive

Gaelic Form: Dràibh Cheannachaidh


Location: Partick, Glasgow

Post Town: GLASGOW

County: City of Glasgow

Local Authority: Glasgow City

English / Map Form: Kennoway Drive

Gaelic Form: Dràibh Cheannachaidh


Language Notes

G nom. sg. slighe fem. 'drive' + gen. sg. Cheannachaidh 'Kennoway', place-name

Element Meaning

G slighe ~ ‘drive’; en Ceannachaidh ~ ‘Kennoway’, place-name

Sources

‘Kennoway Drive was named after the prominent Kennedy Family. Hugh Kennedy was the 8th Provost of the burgh and John Kennedy the 12th.’ Spalding 1992b, 30.

Additional Information

This was Kennedy Drive on the 1913 maps, but was renamed as the place in Fife, Kennoway.

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