Croaghgorm [Blue Stack]
hill or mountain · Donegal · 673m
MarilynHewitt
GaelicSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Croagh Gorm means 'Blue Peak'. 'Croagh' is an Anglicisation of 'cruach' (peak, stack), and 'gorm' means blue. The English name 'Blue Stack' is a direct translation.
Word origins
- Croagh
- GaelicAttestedpeak, stack(from cruach "peak, stack")
- Gorm
- GaelicAttestedblue(from gorm "blue")