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Renfreiusliire Keltic Place Names. 253
this name Kil-nia-conie, with the emphasis on the last syllable.
The new denizens would have it KiI-I\ralcolm, with the emphasis
on the second syllable. They are being educated out of this
pronunciation, and the old name is in process of being re instated.
Kilellan = Cill-fhaolain, Fillan's Church. This is sometimes found
as Kilallan, Allan being a better known name, and ignorance of
the Gaelic laws of pronunciation, no doubt, induced this spelling.
Knowledge is rescuing this name also. The sound of aj in the
south-west - eu Ciaelic, or ai English, hence the e in Kilellan.
Hence also the Lowland familiar way of saying Malcolm, namely,
Maecom, which is made to rhyme with " Put him in a poke and
shake 'im." Kilbride - Cill-Brigid, Bridget's Church. This name
is common over the whole country.
Inver = lonbhar, Mouth of a stream. I can discover only
one Inver, namely, Inverkip.
Bal
- Baile, Town, farmstead. - Balgrey, Balgreen, Balla-
gioch—Gioch is, possibly, a personal name, for there is a surname
Macgeoch ; Beltrees, sometimes I)altrees (it is ])ossible it means
the belt-trees).
Str.vi'h = Low land on the margins of a stream.—Strathclyde,.
Strathgryffe. Clyde is said to be a Cymric name, and Gryffe is
probably the same.
AucH = Achadh, Field. — Auchindoors - The door field ;
Achadh-an-doruis,
Auchmugton, Auchenfoil, Auchengrioch, Auchentorlie
(there is another in Dumbartonshire), Auchenlodmont.
There is an Auchingram/;/(?/z/ and a Dechw^;;/ in Lanarkshire.
Drum = Druim, Ridge.— Drumduff ^-- Druim-dhubh, Black
ridge; Drumoye, Drumgrain, Drumillan - Druim-a'-mhuilinn, The
mill ridge : Drums— the ^ here, I believe stands for house. In
one map is found The Hollows, in another The Holehouse
Holehouse is an exact description. I'he Sclates is surely The
Sclatehouse ; Mains = Mainhouse ; Cockles = Cocklehouse ;
Faulds = Fauldhouse ; Clippens = Clipping-house ; Torrs = The
Torr House : Barrs ----^ The Barr House ; Drums ^ The Drum
House. There is another s which may be accounted for differently,,
as, Scobies =^ Scobie's, analogous to Tib Stirling's.
also.
Dun ^ Fort.—Dunwan, Dundunter. There is a Dunterlee
Alt Allt, A rivulet or burn.— I can find only one Alt, and
it is of considerable interest on account of the lesson to be learned
from it— .'Mtpatrick, called also Patrick Burn (an exact translation).
The meaning of a/t being unknown, it is also called Altpatrick
Burn. Alt, again, has been mistaken for auld aid ^- old, and
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