English / Map Form: Tobermory
Gaelic Form: Tobar Mhoire
Location: Mull, Firth of Lorn, Argyll
Post Town: ISLE OF MULL
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
Nearest Main Roads: B8073
English / Map Form: Tobermory
Gaelic Form: Tobar Mhoire
Genitive Form: Thobar Mhoire
Language Notes
G nom. sg. tobar, masc. ‘well’ + lenited gen. sg. of Moire, fem. personal name = ‘Mary’s well’Element Meaning
G tobar ~ ‘well’; Moire ~ personal name
Sources
| Tibbermore | 1540 RRS no. 3397 vol II |
| Tabbor moiré | 1654 Blaeu Map (Mull) |
| Tipper Murray | 1741 Johnson: A Plan of the Island of Mull with the adjacent islands |
| Tobermorey | 1804 Heather |
| Tobar Mhoire | Dwelly 1912 |