English / Map Form: Kilmacolm
Gaelic Form: Cill MoCholuim
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Local Authority: Inverclyde
English / Map Form: Kilmacolm
Gaelic Form: Cill MoCholuim
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
| Kilmacolme | 1529 RMS iii, 916 |
| Kilmalouim | c. 1591 Pont 33 |
| Kilmacolmes | 1594 RMS vi, 1594 |
Additional Information
“The traces of the Church in Renfrewshire are similar to those in the south-west generally. Kilmalcolm, Kilmacolme 1539 (RMS), may commemorate Colum Cille or some other Colum.” Watson 1926, 193
Note that Watson’s headform is an error (as is the date for his early form).
