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Gobagrennan.

Postby LANDROVER ROGER » Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:03 pm

Whenever I have been past the signs for this place I have wondered where the name originated.Anyone know?
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Re: Gobagrennan.

Postby bill » Wed Feb 05, 2014 11:23 pm

Gobagrennan (Argyll), Gob a' Ghrianain. "The promontory at the sunny spot"
I know my Summer'll never come
I know I'll cry until my dying day has come
Let the Winter roll along
I've got nothing left but song
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Re: Gobagrennan.

Postby skrik » Thu Feb 06, 2014 12:52 pm

Green place of the branching rivers
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Re: Gobagrennan.

Postby Shona » Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:34 pm

According to Angus Martin in his book 'Kintyre Places and Place-Names', Gobagrennan - in 1736 'Goubugrennan' - is now a house south-west of Lussa Reservoir, but was originally a shepherd's house until the steading was inundated when Lussa Reservoir was created in the 1940s and early 1950s. The name suggests Gob a' ghrianain - The Sunny Point.
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