Kiloran
Cille Odhrain
Meaning
the church associated with (St) Oran
Location
Argyll & Bute
Argyll & Bute
PA61
NR399967
English / Map Form: Kiloran
Gaelic Form: Cille Odhrain
Post Town: ISLE OF COLONSAY
Postcode area: PA61
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Kiloran
Gaelic Form: Cille Odhrain
Sources
This name was gathered as part of a local research project on the place-names of Colonsay and Oronsay and was published in a booklet by SNH and AÀA. The Following quote appears in that booklet:
“The settlement Kiloran or Cille Odhrain ‘Oran’s chapel’ has no trace of the original chapel.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Colonsay and Oronsay (Scottish Natural Heritage 2017): 10
