Loch Drunkie
Loch Drongaidh
Meaning
loch of the place called ‘Drongaidh’
Location
Stirlingshire
Stirling
NN545044
English / Map Form: Loch Drunkie
Gaelic Form: Loch Drongaidh
Location: Callander
Post Town: Callander
County: Stirlingshire
Local Authority: Stirling
English / Map Form: Loch Drunkie
Gaelic Form: Loch Drongaidh
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
Lochdrungy 1477 RMS ii no 1274
L. Dronky Loch Dronky burn cald Ess-growach or wgly lynn c. 1591 Pont text 131v
Loch Drunkie 1783 Stobie
Loch Drongaidh: Watson in Dwelly
L. dhrunggi, dhronggi: Diack MS2276
Loch Drongaidh: Robertson (from James Macdiarmaid)
Drongaidh: Watson CW69 69v
Diack gives Invertrossach as Dronggi. It is likely in this case that Invertrossachs is a modern name, and Loch Drunkie is named after the original name for this settlement. Beveridge says it is a ‘fancy name’ dating from 1841 (p. 114).
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