Dear Ms Auslander,
In connection with the pronounciation of the name _Adamnan_ you may find the
following information from WJ Watson 'History of the Celtic Placenames of
Scotland' of interest:
>On Loch Tay there is an ancient site called Cill Mo-Charmaig, 'my Cormac's
church,' on a small promontory called now Ard-Eodhnáig, formerly Ard
Eodhnáin, 'Adamnan's cape' : this, as I understand it, may be taken to mean
that the church was founded from Iona in Adamnan's time, and that the land
was gifted to Adamnan and to Cormac, the cleric in charge. It may be added
that these church names appear to have been popular rather than official.<
Henry Gough-Cooper
visit the Scottish Place-Name Society website at
http://www.st-and.ac.uk/institutes/sassi/spns/index.htm
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