tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post7046624745140926352..comments2023-04-09T09:38:17.640+01:00Comments on Writing, Life and the Universe: Camas Chil Mhalieu, Loch LinnheAngela Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12708737998692926877noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post-71559665539372639952008-01-21T11:49:00.000+00:002008-01-21T11:49:00.000+00:00Geranium Cat, thank you SO much. Where did you dis...Geranium Cat, thank you SO much. Where did you discover that the parish church of Kilmalieu was dedicated to St Liubha? I'm fascinated ... and I also discovered on my travels that Chil or Cill or Kill does mean Church. Another thought about Camas is that it means Beach ... and that possibly there was a St Mhalieu ... but St Liubha sounds much more likely. I shall investigate more and find myself a Gaelic-English dictionary. But thank you for your translations.<BR/><BR/>BooksPlease, it was SO beautiful. Heartbreakingly so ... and so quiet. You have to get there slowly because the road is single track. The scenery is breathtaking and I felt reconnected to Scotland and so to my great-grandmother who I only met in the South and only once, but now begins the hard work ... although I am looking forward to it. I hope you make to to Wales to find out about your mother's side of your family.Angela Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708737998692926877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post-47915177939194325132008-01-15T07:09:00.000+00:002008-01-15T07:09:00.000+00:00It looks such a beautiful place. I hope you find y...It looks such a beautiful place. I hope you find your great grandmother's cottage. I've recently been hooked by looking up my family history and want to visit Wales again to see where my mother's side of the family lived.BooksPleasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721650104596705715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post-30328016509273051562008-01-14T17:53:00.000+00:002008-01-14T17:53:00.000+00:00This is a VERY tentative guess, as I don't have th...This is a VERY tentative guess, as I don't have the Gaelic (but used to visit the Western Highlands as a child, and love them, and was curious enough to do some looking around). I hope someone will leap in and correct me if I'm talking rubbish, but I think "Camas" is "bay" and "kil" or "cill" is "church"; the parish church of Kilmalieu was dedicated to a Saint Liubha, so maybe it's the bay of the church of St Liubha?<BR/><BR/>I envy you your visit, such a beautiful part of the world. I hope you find all you're looking for.Jodie Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02442935205880334932noreply@blogger.com