English / Map Form: Kintail
Gaelic Form: Cinn t-Sàile
Post Town: KYLE
Postcode area: IV40
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Kintail
Gaelic Form: Cinn t-Sàile
Genitive Form: Chinn t-Sàile
Sources
Cinn an t-saile, kˈiNˈ-dha:lˈə : Dieckhoff
Cinn t-Sàile nam bodach ‘s nam bò: Robertson Collection MS397
Cinn t-Sàile Robertson 2019 p. 124
Kin da:l Diack MS2276
Chinntail Sàr-Obair, p. 31 [genitive]
Cinn-tàile Sàr-Obair, p. 134
Additional Information
“Kintail Kyntale 1342, Kyntaill 1535; G. Cinn t-saile, l head of the salt water.’ The parish of Tongue in Sutherland is Cinn t-saile ‘ic Aoidh. Cinn t-saile nam bodach ‘s nam bo ; Kintail of carles and cows. Cf. Ir. Kinsale.” Watson 1904, p. 178