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Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 17 - Parish of Kilmichael Glassary, OS1/2/17

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Kilmichael Glassary
[Notes]
Bar-liath
The plural article, but the an is scarcely ever heard in the pronunciation therefore let it be elided & mark the omission by an apostrophe
"Barr-liath" or "Bar-liath" [note] Grey topped

Tighna'bocan one word
Tigh nam bocan pronounced Tigh na bocan
Tigh-an bhocan The bogle's house
Tighna'bocan - The Bogles' House
Tigh-na'-bocan [note] The bogle's house

Tigh-na-bocan is better than Tigh-an-bocan. Tigh-an-bocan is a form of words, that would not be used by any Gaelic scholar Therefore it is much better leave it as given by the authorities or use the apostrophe for the Elision of the letter m

Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 17 - Parish of Kilmichael Glassary, OS1/2/17

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Kilmichael Glassary.

Ordnance Survey - Argyll county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Argyll, which is in the west of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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