Ainmean Charraige | Carrick Names

Author: Michael Ansell

  • Net Whowaig or Geks Seit: Lost Name #2

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    Michael Ansell
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    Given it is early May and the cuckoos are back in Carrick, this week’s featured lost name is Net Whowaig or Geks Seit. Only attested once, in the Blaeu atlas, it is shown as a farm, close to a the surviving holding of Corphin (perhaps Còrr Pheighinn ‘prominent pennyland’) Barr at approx. NX 284 965. Watson (CPNS p.355)…

  • Lefingmackilmartin: Lost Name #1

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    Michael Ansell
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    Ainmean Charraige is compiling a database of as many historic forms of place and personal names from Carrick. This will enable analysis of their meanings, distribution and character. We believe they will tell us a lot about the history of Carrick. The database already has c.8000 entries and is growing all the time. Interim results will…