English / Map Form: Kilmarnock
Gaelic Form: Cill Mheàrnaig
Location: East Ayrshire
Post Town: KILMARNOCK
Postcode area: KA1
County: Ayrshire
Local Authority: East Ayrshire
English / Map Form: Kilmarnock
Gaelic Form: Cill Mheàrnaig
Genitive Form: Chill Mheàrnaig
Language Notes
Element Meaning
G cill ~ cell, church; Meàrnag ~ saint’s name
Sources
Cill-mheàrnog: Robertson [After Cill there is a crossed out e]
Cille-màrnag: Watson in Dwelly
Cill-mheàrnag: Robertson in Dwelly
Cill Mhearnáig: Watson 1926, 187
Additional Information
Kilmarnock, still known in Arran Gaelic as Cill Mhearnáig, commemorates Mo-Ernóc, contracted into M’Ernóc.: Watson 1926, 187
