Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names in and around our area
Between Lubcroy and Allt Loch Craggie, in the river Oykel, we find Eilean Thomais, named after someone called Thomas. Downstream, Eilean Thùrnaig, ‘island of Turnaig’, perhaps from tuairneag, ‘a rounded thing, hillock’. Across from Doune and Oape, there are two large pasture islands: Eilean an E. . .