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Drummore, from Dndni-mor, the great ridge ; Drumboy, from 

 DriiAm-hiiidhe, the yellow or aburn ridge; Druinhny, from Druim- 

 hear/, the little ridge. Doon, Dun, Donne, all corruptions of the 

 Gaelic Dim, which means a castle, a fort, a mound, or earthwork. 

 It appears in several places singly as Doon, and Douns, but cliiefly 

 as a prefix. Dunjarg, from Dun-dearg, the red fort ; Ditn- 

 drennan, from Dun-nan-droigheann, the fort of the thorn bushes ; 

 Dunmuck, from Dun-muic, the fort of the wild sow. Lary, from 

 the Gaelic Learg, meaning a hill side, the slope of a hill, rising 

 ground. This is often used singly as Larg and Largs, but also 

 as a prefix ; Largmore, from Learg-mor, the great slope or rising 

 ground ; Largnean, from Learg-nan-eun, the hill side of tlie birds, 

 or abounding in birds ; Larglanglee, from Learg-l<tn-liath, the 

 liome or cultivated spot on the slopes of the grey hill. Gar, GarU 

 Garroio, corruptions of the Gaelic Garbh, meaning rough or 

 roughness, appears pretty often ; Garroch, from Garbh-ach, the 

 rough field ; Garlog, from Garbh-lag, the rough hollow ; 

 Garcrogo, from Garbh-creagach, the rough, rocky place. The 

 next prefix is the very common one of Glen, from the Gaelic 

 word Glean, which signifies a small valley ; GloisJnnnoch, 

 from Glean-sionnaigh, the valley of the foxes ; Glenkil, from 

 Glean-coille, tile wooded valley. It is also met with singly 

 as Glen or the Glen. Strath, from the Gaelic Srath, means a 

 more extensive valley than the word Glen, and thereby of course 

 not near so frequent ; Strathmanna, from Srath-eannayh, the 

 valley of the marsh ; Strath mnddv', from Srath-madaidh , the 

 valley of the wolf. The next prefix is in English, Kill, Killie, 

 and KiUy, whicli are all derived from tlie Gaelic Coille, signifying 

 a wood, a forest ; Killdoiv, from Coille-dubh, the black wood ; 

 Killimore, from Coille-mor, the great forest ; Killigowan, from 

 Coille-yhobhainn, the blacksmith's wood ; very probably because 

 it was from where he obtained the fuel for his forge, the black- 

 smitli being, of course, a very important pensonage in the remote 

 ages, particularly in making the swords, dirks, »tc., with which 

 the Romans under Agricola, in the first century, found the Gal- 

 wegians fully provided. Knock, from the Gaelic Cnoc, meaning 

 a knoll or small hill, is very common ; Knockengarroch, from 

 Cnoc-na-garbh, the knoll of roughness ; Knockmulloch, from 

 Cnoc-vmlloch, the knoll's summit ; Knocklea, from Cnoc-liath, the 

 grey knoll. Loch and Lochan, which means a lake and a small 

 lake, are very frequent ; Lochenbreck, from Lochan-breac, the 



