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THE BIRDS OF IONA AND MULL. 



Dusgeir, black rock. 



Eaglais mor, big church. 



Eala, a bier ; also a swan. 



Eilean bhreac, spotted island. 



Eilean carradh, rocky island. 



Eilean didil, island of affection. 



Eilean slat, island of rods. 



Eilean nan conn, island of dogs. 



Eilean dunagan, island of knolls. 



Farig, a fold, enclosure. 



Farr bheann, front peak. 



Fionn a phort, white port. 



Garadh, a garden. 



Gara geal, white garden. 



Gart na liana, meadow field. 



Glac, a dell. 



Glas eilean, white isle. 



Gleann mor, great glen. 



Goirtean, a garden. 



lomaire, a ridge. 



lomaire tachair, a ridge of causeway. 



Lag, a hollow. 



Lag g an, little hollow. 



Leachd, flagstone. 



Liana mhor, great meadow. 



Loch salean, salt-water lake. 



Loch nisge, fresh-water lake. 



Lochan, little lake. 



Machar, field, plain. 



Maol, brow of a hill. 



Maol nam manach, monk's brow of a 



hill. 



Mhurlugh, beach ground. 

 Mur, sea. 



Murlugh, sea inlet. 

 Poll tarbh, pool of the bull. 

 Port an duine marbh, port of the dead 



man. 



Port dacha geal, port of white stones. 

 Port ban, white port. 

 Port na Frang, French port. 

 Port na muinter, people's port. 



Port Ronain, St Koiian's port. 



Reilig, burial ground. 



Ru, a point, headland. 



Ru na sliginnich, shelly port. 



Saithrichean, ruins, sites. 



Sgeir bheag, little rock. 



Sgeir mor, big rock. 



Sgeir ruadh, red rock. 



Sgor. 



Sithean, fairy mound. 



Sliabh meanach, middle hillside. 



Sliabh siar, west hillside. 



Sliganach, shelly. 



Sloe, a hole, gully. 



Sloe na bo duibh, hole of the black cow. 



Sron, a nose, headland. 



Sruth, stream, tide-way. 



Stac, stack of rocks. 



Stac liath, grey stack or rock. 



Staonaig, sloping ground. 



Straid, a street, a road. 



Straid na marbh, way of the dead. 



Teampull, temple. 



Teanga, a tongue. 



Tigh, a house. 



T na h-oise, well of age. 



Tobar, a well. 



Tobar Maire, Mary's well. 



Tobar a cheathain (toper a ceann), well 



of the showers. 

 Tonn, a wave. 



Tonn a mhanaich, monk's wave. 

 Torr abb, abbot's hill. 

 Torr, rocky pinnacle. 

 Tra ban, white shore. 

 Tra na siolaig, sand-eel shore. 

 Tra na criche, boundary shore. 

 Uamh mor, big cave. 

 Uamh chrossain, cave of crosses. 

 Uamh na caiman, cave of doves. 

 Uamh an t'seididh, cave of spouting. 

 Uiridh, dell. 



