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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CREAG A' GHILL'EACHAIN Creag a' Ghilleachan
Creag a' Ghilleachan
Creag a' Ghilleachan
"Creag a' Ghill'eachain"
Mr McVicar
Mr Malcolm Clark
Mr Alexander Irvine
Gaelic Ortho: [Orthography]
141 A name applied to a wooded ridge of considerable height on the farm of Claonairi.
Sign. [Signification] "The lads rock"
RUDHA NAM FRANGACH Rudha nam Frangach Mr McVicar
Mr Malcolm Clark
Mr Alexander Irvine
141 A low point of land jutting into Lochfyne.
Sign. [Signification] "Promontory of the Frenchman"
Site of KILBRIDE BURIAL GROUND Kilbride
Kilbride
Kilbride
Kilbryde
Kilbryde
James Robertson Esq Factor
Rev [Reverend] Mr McPherson
Mr Alexander Irvine
New Stat [Statistical] Account
Origines Parochiales
141 This name is applied to the place indicated by cross on trace and said by the authorities quoted to have been a burial ground, In confirmation of which a slab about 4 feet long partly covered by grass is still to be seen, and said to mark the grave of a daughter of McNaughton of Dundarra who died near this place. No trace of a Chapel or place of worship is to be seen and the inhabitants can give no information regarding it.
"There were in the parish several places of burial in ancient times & in which children & infants were interred in the last Century. These are Kilmun (called after St Munde) Glenary Kilblane (after St Blane) Glenshira Kilbryde & Kilean called after St Bride & Kilean."
"New Stat [Statistical] Account"

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Argyllshire -- Parish of Inverary

Creag a' Ghill'eachain [note]
See p. [page] 10

Kilbride Burial Ground [note]
"Anciently there appear
to have been Churches or
Chapels at Kilmun, Kilblane
Glenshira, Kilbryde,
Kilian & Achantiobairt
the cemeteries of some
of which were in use
in the last century"
Origines Parochiales

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