English / Map Form: Mingary
Gaelic Form: Mìogharraidh
Location: Lochaber, Highland
Post Town: ACHARACLE
Postcode area: PH36
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Mingary
Gaelic Form: Mìogharraidh
Language Notes
G nom. sg. cidhe, ‘pier’ + en Mìogharraidh = ? ON nom. sg. neut. adj. megin, ‘main’ + ON nom. sg. gerði neut. ‘enclosure’Element Meaning
G cidhe ~ pier; Mìogharraidh place name
Sources
| Castle Megarie | c. 1620 Pont text 87r |
| terrarum de Megare | 1642 Retours (Argyle) no. 59 |
| terrarum de Megare | 1674 Retours (Argyle) no. 81 |
| lands of Mingarie | 1667 RMS xi no. 1105 |
| Mingarie | 1695 Retours (Argyle) no. 93 |
| Mingary | 1733 Bruce |
| Mingary Castle | 1747-55 Roy |
| C. Mingary | 1775 Mackenzie: The sound of Mull |
| Castle Mingary | 1801 Langlands |
| Castle Mingary | 1804 Heather |
| Mingary Cas. | 1820 Thomson |
| Mingarry is Mioghairidh | MacBain 1922, 167 |
| [mi.ngarγ] | MacDonald |
Henderson 1915, 160: “It must be pointed out that the sound ‘ng’ does not belong to Gaelic, and that whenever it occurs it is an importation. Mingary is really Mioghairidh.”
[Mingary] Castle Caisteal nan Gall or Caisteal Mhinngaraidh; Mingary Minngairaidh: Robertson
Additional Information
Also applied to Mingarry Pier ~ Cidhe Mhìogharraidh.