English / Map Form: Kilmore
Gaelic Form: A’ Chill Mhòr
Location: Argyll
Post Town: OBAN
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Kilmore
Gaelic Form: A’ Chill Mhòr
Genitive Form: na Cille Moire
Language Notes
G nom. sg. def. art. a’ (leniting) + lenited + nom. sg. cill, fem. ‘church’ + G nom. sg. adj.mòr, ‘large’Element Meaning
G cill; mòr ~ large
Sources
| Killmore | 1674 Retours (Argyle) 82 |
| A’ Chill-mhòr | 1885 Campbell, Records of Argyll, 109 |
| A’ Chill Mòr not Moire | JM |
| A’ Chille mhór | 1912 Dwelly |
Additional Information
Kilmore Standing Stones ~ Carraighean na Cille Mòire