English / Map Form: Port na Curaich
Gaelic Form: Port a' Churaich
Location: Iona
Post Town: ISLE OF IONA
Postcode area: PA76
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Port na Curaich
Gaelic Form: Port a' Churaich
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
Port na Curaich: Story of Iona, 1909
Port a’ churaich. Port of the coracle: Ritchie, 1928
Port a’ Churaich: Wanderings in the Western Highlands and Islands,
Additional Information
Curach is masculine in Dwelly. The Name Books all say this is feminine, though authorities are all from Mull. This is named from the point where Adamnan landed.