English / Map Form: Killarow
Gaelic Form: Cill A-Rubha
Location: Campbeltown
Post Town: Campbelltown
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Killarow
Gaelic Form: Cill A-Rubha
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
Bho Chill-rudha 1895 Orain le Iain Lom Mac-Dhomhnaill, 90
Uchd an tùir: Robertson
“…I heard a Kintyre man speak of Kilarow, as Kilaroo with the accent on the last syllable. This is really Kil-mhael-rubha as we know historically, and the local pronunciation preserves the essential truth long after the form of the word has lost it and becomes even misleading.” Cameron Gillies, Campbeltown Courier 5.5.1900
Additional Information
Robertson’s form is presumably a secondary form.
