This popular and traditional Scottish male name is a derivative of the Gaelic name Domhnall, meaning “world ruler.” The name has also been associated with a legendary character from Scottish folklore known as Donald of the Isles, a leader of the seventh-century Scots. It’s also found in...
Clutha - A Gaelic word meaning “water goddess”. Colina - a little puppy Cora - Maiden or young womanGirl Scottish Dog Names Beginning with D - G Dallas (boy or girl) means living on a clearing Davina - from the male name David, loved oneDonna...
Top Scottish Dog Names Here we’ve got some great names from Scottish and Gaelic terminology, which share Irish culture that could fit as a name for your dog. Words, personality, surnames, geography, history, we’ve got them all covered. Scottish Dog Names Inspired by Personality Aggie – M...
6. Isla. Interestingly, of the top 10 most popular Scottish girl names in Scotland, only Isla, pronounced EYE-la, has Scottish Gaelic origins! In the local language, it means “island,” linked to Islay, the name of an island off the west coast of Scotland. 7. Katie. This could be ...
Now, to a story in Gaelic. And this time it comes from Roddy Shaw, as he recounts the action he took, when he suddenly became homesick at school. Roddy: When we left from Berneray at twelve years old, we went to school in Tarbert in Harris, and we didn’t get home very often ...
All of the above is true about the Talisker Port Ruighe. And yet… and yet… This one is more than a little different. The clue is in the name, Port Ruighe being somewhat of a non-sexual double entendre. Not only is it the Gaelic spelling of Skye’s largest (and candidate for Sco...
Novel it may have been in Scotland but Daniel Delany Bulger was a multi title winner from Dublin who had won the Gaelic Athletic Association 100 yards in `886, 1887, 1888, 1889 an 1890, and the Irish AAA’s 100 yards in 1888, 1889 and 1890 and the 220 yards, GAA, in 1885, 1886 ...
“Cairn” is a Gaelic word that refers to a mound of stones used as a boundary or to mark a grave. These rock-piles houses various rodents within or beneath them, andthese dogs would dig into thepiles of stonesand flush out and kill the critters. ...