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Glac Àirigh an t-Saoir

valley · Highland

GaelicAI-generated

This name refers to a valley ('glac') associated with 'Airigh an t-Saoir', meaning 'the wright's shieling'. A shieling is a summer pasture hut, and 't-saoir' means 'the wright' or carpenter.

Word origins

Glac
Gaelicvalley, ravine, hollow(from glac "hollow, ravine")
Àirigh
Gaelicshieling, summer pasture hut(from àirigh "shieling")
an
Gaelicthe(from an "the")
t-Saoir
Gaelicwright, carpenter(from saor "wright, carpenter")