Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Abhainn Ma-Ruibhe

Name in Original Source: Amhainn Maree

English meaning: Maree's/Maelruba's River

Placename feature: River

Notes: Near to the bay, a little north of the place where the stream, locally known as Amhainn Maree, or Maelrubha's River, falls into the sea, is the spacious churchyard ... Bishop Reeves also (pg 272) refers to Abhuin Maree, i.e. Maree's River, or the Applecross River, as it is marked on county maps.

W. J. Watson's notes: Bishop Reeves, PSAS III, p. 279

Map name appears in: Miscellaneous

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.44362,-5.80852

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