« Reply #36 on: Tuesday 29 November 16 23:13 GMT (UK) »
From another Gaelic speaker,
This makes a lot of sense & very plausible...
"I have looked at the original document which has Tighphealie twice, Tighpealie once and Tighwealie once - such are the vagaries of scribes. Could it be the same place as Artafaillie? i.e. lose the first syllable. Prof. Watson explains it as 'high land of the place of sods' It has the advantage of being in Killearnan parish. Knockbain is the next parish going eastwards, followed by Avoch but the going is easy in the Black Isle so mobility would be more frequent than in higher and rougher areas"
Image from a book;
Place Names of Ross & Cromarty by Prof. Watson
Annie
Added, Forgot to say this is a prime example of spellings varying in days gone by.
South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland:- Bowie, Campbell, Cumming, Currie
Ireland:- Cullen, Flannigan (Derry), Donahoe/Donaghue (variants) (Cork), McCrate (Tipperary), Mellon, Tol(l)and (Donegal & Tyrone)
Newcastle-on-Tyne/Durham (Northumberland):- Harrison, Jude, Kemp, Lunn, Mellon, Robson, Stirling
Kettering, Northampton:- MacKinnon
Canada:- Callaghan, Cumming, MacPhee
"OLD GENEALOGISTS NEVER DIE - THEY JUST LOSE THEIR CENSUS"
