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Mapa Bòrd na Gàidhlig

Loch Laomainn 's na Tròisichean ~ Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #Maps #gachlatha

Eileamaid na seachdaine

Glas 'fertile green land; stream'

Thoir dhuinn ainm glaise a tha a' còrdadh ribh!

#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #gachlatha

Ainm-àite na Seachdaine
Doune ~ Dùn 'fort; hill'
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'S dòcha gu bheil sibh ag aithneachadh "Castle Leoch" ann an "Outlander"

Maybe you'll recognise Castle Leoch from Outlander

#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #gachlatha #Outlander

Today's diversion from Saga #PlaceNames and #Whisky... well it has to be #Shrooms... I think this might be Suede Bolete (Xerocomus subtomentosus AKA Boletus subtomentosus L.) Found in mixed woodland with lots of Birch. Common. #Fungi

Ainmean nam beann

Sìth Chailleann
(Schiehallion)
'fairy hill of the Caledonians'

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#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #Maps #gachlatha

Spending time in Caithness prowling round #OrkneyingaSaga #PlaceNames! Today: Ham (hǫfn 'harbour, safe haven'), Halkirk (hár & kirkja 'church'), Scrabster (perhaps pers name Skári & bólstaðr ‘dwelling, farm’) but we did drive thru Forss (fors ‘waterfall’) & Murkle (myrkr 'muddy’ & hóll ‘hill’) too!

Eileamaid na seachdaine

-dal 'valley'

Thàinig seo bhon fhacal Lochlannach 'dalr' a tha a' ciallachadh gleann

This comes from the Old Norse word 'dalr' which means valley

Thoir dhuinn ainm dal a tha a' còrdadh ribh!

#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #gachlatha

And here's a map to support the song posted earlier #placenames

Spent a lovely afternoon in the fab @orkneylibrary.bsky.social #Archives this afternoon trawling a few more records for #PlaceNames! Today's focus was #Stronsay with names from a manuscript map and a poor distribution list! Love the drawing of the house of Huip! #Orkney

I need to finish a little early today as I have a meeting, so I'll finish in Staines. We've had a really good set of songs today. Thanks for all your input. #placenames

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Cracking song from one of my favourite places. #placenames

And back across the Atlantic for a cautionary tale of New York. Lively version from Bellowhead. #placenames

And back to Yorkshire again for this lovely little song. #placenames

Off to Somerset now for a (very early) wassail. #placenames

One I've never heard before from North America and with some new places to look up! #placenames

Lovely background for this song. I particularly like the phrasing in this. #placenames

Fabulous song from Planxty #placenames

What a delightful little song and it's lovely to include London and lots of places within it in our #placenames

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"The Beaver Island Boys", attributed to Dan Malloy, Roud 2238, sung here by Duane Starcher.

AKA "Lost on Lake Michigan" AKA "The Gallagher Boys"

The disaster was in 1873, Ivan Walton collected it from John Malloy in 1932.

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