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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LISMORE & APPIN | Lismore and Appin Lismore and Appin Lismore and Appin |
New Statistical Account Old Statistical Account Fullartons Gazetteer |
Various | The united parishes of Lismore and Appin was formerly called the parish of Kilmaluag, from Saint Malocus, the tutelar Saint of the parish. * * Lismore signifies a great garden, being a compound of the two Gaelic terms Lios, a garden, and Mor, great. The term Appin is of doubtful signification. Some take it to be a contraction of Appennine, from the mountainous appearance of the Country: but the true signification seems to be Abbot's Land, from Abba, Abbott and fonn, land, written Abb-fhon. * * The island of Lismore is 10 miles long and averages about 1 1/2 miles in breadth; and Kingerloch, a district of the parish of Lismore and Separated from Lismore and Appin by Linne-sheilich (or Linnhe Loch) is about 16 miles long and 4 miles broad. * * * The parish is bounded on the east by the parish of Ardchattan, which is separated from it by Loch Creran; on the North-east by the parish of Fortingal in Perthshire, which it meets at Cruach; on the North by Loch Leven which Separates it from the Parish of Kilmaly in Inverness-shire; On the West by the parishes of Morvern and Ardnamurchan; on the South west by the Sound of Mull and the Atlantic, and on the South by the Parish of Kilmore, separated by the Lynn of Lorn, an Arm of the sea about 3 leagues over. New Statistical Account Over [continued on page 2] |
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