Kilaulay
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Kilaulay (Scottish Gaelic: Cill Amhlaidh[1] / Cill Amhlaigh[2]) is a crofting township on the island of South Uist, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.[1] Kilaulay is located on the NW corner of the island, situated about 2.5 km west of Eochar.[1]
Cill Amhlaidh, (Anglicized as Aulay's Church), may be named after a Norse called Olaf as there is no record of a Gaelic saint of the name Amhlaidh.[2] Amhlaidh / Amhlaigh is a Gaelicization of the Norse name Olaf.[2]
There was a tradition that Saint Bliannan brought holy soil from Rome to South Uist and scattered the sacred earth on the site of the ancient church of Kilaulay.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/townfirst9033.html Retrieved on June 2, 2007
- ^ a b c http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placenamesK-O.pdf Retrieved on June 2, 2007
- ^ Mac Iain, "Cill Amhlaidh, South Uist." The Celtic Magazine: A Monthly Periodical Devoted To The Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk-Lore, Traditions, And The Social And Material Interests Of The Celt At Home And Abroad, (Vol. 13), p.111-112
