English / Map Form: Kilmuir
Gaelic Form: Cille Mhoire
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: PORTREE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A855
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 ~ Mary
Sources
| Kilmorie in Skye | 1623 RMS viii no. 547 |
| Kilvore | 1654 Blaeu Map (Skye) |
| Kilmure in Trouternes | 1666 RMS xi no. 902 |
| Kilmore | 1804 Heather |
| Kilmor | 1820 Thomson |
| Cille Mhoire | Dwelly 1912 |
| Cill Mhoire, Mary’s Church | Watson 1904, 136 |
| Kilmuire St Mary’s church or cell | Forbes, 226 |
| Cill Mhoire | local source, Sgianaidean |