English / Map Form: Tomacharich
Gaelic Form: Tom a' Charraich
Location: Lochaber, Highland
Post Town: FORT WILLIAM
Postcode area: PH33
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A82
English / Map Form: Tomacharich
Gaelic Form: Tom a' Charraich
Language Notes
G nom. sg. tom, masc. 'hill' + gen. sg. def. art a’ (leniting and slenderising) + gen. sg. CarrachElement Meaning
G tom ~ hillock; Carrach ~ personal name
Sources
Tomnacharich | 1636-52 Gordon 37 |
Tomacharrick | 1820 Thomson |
Tomacharich | 1874 OS 6 inch 1st edn. |
Tom a Charraich | Robertson |
Tom a’ Charraich | 1973 MacKinnon |
Tom a’ Charraich | informant TM |
Additional Information
TM posited that the specific element could be the surname or nickname Carrach, perhaps of Alasdair Carrach of the MacDonalds who fought the first battle of Inverlochy in 1431.