Kirkmahoe

Coordinates: 55°06′N 3°36′W / 55.1°N 3.6°W / 55.1; -3.6

Kirkmahoe is a ceevil pairish in the historical coonty o Dumfriesshire in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. The pairish conteens the smaw veelages o Kirktoun, whaur the pairish kirk is locatit, Dalswintoun, an Duncow. It is boondit bi the pairishes o Dumfries til the sooth, Halywuid an Dunscore til the wast, an Kirkmichael an Tynwald til the east.^[1]

The name Kirkmahoe commemorates Saunt Kentigern (kent as Saunt Mungo an aw), the patron saunt o Glesga.^[2] The name Mo Choe is the Scots Gaelic equvalent o Mungo, the Cumbric diminutive form o Kentigern.^[3]

References

↑ Duncan, Walter (1962). "Chapter 12: The Parish of Kirkmahoe". In Houston, George (ed.). The County of Dumfries. The Third Statistical Account of Scotland. Glasgow: Collins. pp. 139.
↑ "Kirkmahoe, eccles. Kirkmahoe". Saints in Scottish Place-Names. Archived frae the original on 3 Apryle 2015. Retrieved 3 Apryle 2015.
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"Kentigern of Glasgow". Saints in Scottish Place-Names. Archived frae the original on 3 Apryle 2015. Retrieved 3 Apryle 2014.
- For the linguistic details of these names see Jackson, Kenneth Hurlstone (1958). "Chapter VI: The Sources for the Life of St Kentigern". In Chadwick, Nora K. (ed.). Studies in the Early British Church. Cambridge University Press. pp. 300–302. and Ó Baoill, Colm (1993). "St Machar - Some Linguistic Light?". Innes Review. 44: 9–10. doi:10.3366/inr.1993.44.1.1.

External links

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[1] Duncan, Walter (1962). "Chapter 12: The Parish of Kirkmahoe". In Houston, George (ed.). The County of Dumfries. The Third Statistical Account of Scotland. Glasgow: Collins. pp. 139.

[2] "Kirkmahoe, eccles. Kirkmahoe". Saints in Scottish Place-Names. Archived frae the original on 3 Apryle 2015. Retrieved 3 Apryle 2015.

[3] "Kentigern of Glasgow". Saints in Scottish Place-Names. Archived frae the original on 3 Apryle 2015. Retrieved 3 Apryle 2014.
For the linguistic details of these names see Jackson, Kenneth Hurlstone (1958). "Chapter VI: The Sources for the Life of St Kentigern". In Chadwick, Nora K. (ed.). Studies in the Early British Church. Cambridge University Press. pp. 300–302. and Ó Baoill, Colm (1993). "St Machar - Some Linguistic Light?". Innes Review. 44: 9–10. doi:10.3366/inr.1993.44.1.1.

[4] For the linguistic details of these names see Jackson, Kenneth Hurlstone (1958). "Chapter VI: The Sources for the Life of St Kentigern". In Chadwick, Nora K. (ed.). Studies in the Early British Church. Cambridge University Press. pp. 300–302. and Ó Baoill, Colm (1993). "St Machar - Some Linguistic Light?". Innes Review. 44: 9–10. doi:10.3366/inr.1993.44.1.1.

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