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Port na Curaich

Port a' Churaich

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Argyll & Bute

Argyll & Bute

PA76

NM263216


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.

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