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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BAR-LIATH Barliath
Barliath
Peter Smith Crarae
Duncan Brown Birdfield
150 A well built cottage on the estate of Minard, occupied by workmen.
TIGHNA'BOCAN Tighnabocan Peter Smith Crarae
Duncan Brown Birdfield
150 A small thatched cottage occupied by a shepherd. The property of W. Hamilton Esq: of Minard.
BIRDFIELD Birdfield Peter Smith Crarae
Duncan Brown Birdfield
150 A well built cottage on the estate of Minard occupied by the gamekeeper

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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

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