Tomacharich

Tom a' Charraich

Meaning

Carrach's hillock

Settlement

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

PH33

NN145785

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. Carrach

Element 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.