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Etive, where we have Dun-Mhac-Uisneachan ; Grianan Dheirdir ; 

 Caoille Naois ; Eilean Uisneachan, &c. &c. In Argyllshire, too, 

 it was that the Clann-Uisneachan ballads were preserved till 

 discovered and taken down from oral recitation by the collectors. 

 And if Dun-Dearduil and " Glen-Urchain " must be given up as 

 having no connection with the ballads in question, so would it 

 seem to follow that some other etymology than any connection 

 with the name of Naois, must be found for Loch Ness, Inver- 

 ness, &c. 



