English / Map Form: Kilmuir
Gaelic Form: Cille Mhoire
Location: Black Isle and Mid Ross
Post Town: INVERNESS
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Kilmuir
Gaelic Form: Cille Mhoire
Genitive Form: Chille Mhoire
Language Notes
G nom. sg. cill, fem. ‘church’ + lenited gen. sg. of Moire, fem. personal name = ‘Mary’s Church’Element Meaning
G cill ~ church; Moire personal name
Sources
Kilmowir | 1561 Book of Assumptions |
Killmuir | 1820 Thomson |
Cill Mhoire | Watson 1904, 136 |
Cille Mhoire | TSR2 |
Additional Information
The old forms are difficult to distinguish from Kilmuir Easter.