Mull of Galloway
Maol nan Gall
Meaning
rounded headleand of the foreigners
Location
Wigtownshire
Dumfries and Galloway
NX156304
English / Map Form: Mull of Galloway
Gaelic Form: Maol nan Gall
Location: Dumfries and Galloway
Post Town: STRANRAER
County: Wigtownshire
Local Authority: Dumfries and Galloway
English / Map Form: Mull of Galloway
Gaelic Form: Maol nan Gall
Language Notes
Element Meaning
G maol ~ rounded headland; gall ~ foreigner, Norseman, Norse-Gael
Sources
Maol nan Gall: Dwelly
Maol nan Gall: Highland Magazine 1885 vol 1 no 4 pp 370-373.
“G. Gall Gaidhealaibh, ‘ stranger Gaels ‘ (Watson), which is curtailed to ‘Gall’ in the case of Maol nan Gall, the Mull of Galloway.” Old-lore Miscellany of Orkney, Shetland, Caithness, and Sutherland, Volume 10, Parts 3-5
Additional Information
The Highland Magazine form is derived from some other unnamed literary source, and is likely itself the source of Dwelly’s form.
