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In a message dated 9/1/00 10:33:53 AM GMT Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > (and maybe never reached Scotland)? In reply to my own daft posting: I had never heard _uinnius_ used in Scotland, but now I see it _is_ in the dictionary _uinnse_ 'ash-tree'. Incidentally, ash-trees don't seem particularly popular in Celtic place-names: I can only think of one Scottish place that might (with deference to the current doubts expressed by the learned list-members!) contain 'ash-tree' , and that is Strath Noon (G. _Srath Ni\n_). In Ireland, I know only the river Funshion (Ir. _Fuinnsean_ 'ashy'), which certainly does exhibit the genuine 'ash' word. There must be others? Can anyone expand the list? The 16th September is slowly approaching, when we can hope that _all will be revealed_! Henry visit the Scottish Place-Name Society website at http://www.st-and.ac.uk/institutes/sassi/spns/index.htm %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%