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the hereditary sheriffs of galloway their forebears and friends their court

by andrew agnew

Sports » Scotland

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...Knockgarran, Girvan ; Glengarron, Minigaff. Madadh is the dictionary word for dog, but in topography allaedh, wild, is usually assumed to follow it when it denotes a wolf; and in place-names it is generally so translated. Domes- ticated dogs are cu, genitive con ; and gadhair, the latter a ^ As it does across the Solway. "We have hestr, ahorse, in Hest Bank, Hest Fell, Hest Holme. " â€” Norsemen in Cumberland, p. 123. VOL. I K 130 HEREDITARY SHERIFFS OF GALLOWAY greyhound or mastiff, as in Ossian's line, " gath-gadhar-a-cnoc- gu-cnoc, " the voice of hounds from hill to hill, ^ Carrickcune, Kirkmaiden, and Carrickcundie, are respectively the rock of the dog and of the black dog. Many names ending in quhan or whan, as Glenwhan, Old Luce ; Drumquhan, Pen- ninghame ; Torquhan, Craiglewhan, we suspect to have con for their root. Attiquin is undoubtedly Con's house site, con there being a proper name ; and Dernoconner, Colmonell, by Irish analogy, should be the oaks of the dog's wood ;...