Somerled MacMillan says that "In 1296, the English spelling of Kilmallie was Kilmalyn,.. the Anglicized form of the Gaelic Cill-Maolan (Church of the little tonsured one..) Kilmallie.. derived its name from Maolan, progenitor of the Clan MacMillan."[1] According to WJ Watson, "A saint called Màillidh is commemorated in Cill Mhàillidh..Kilmallie .. the largest parish in Scotland. About eight miles away.. is Glen Mallie... There is also Dail Mhàillidh, Dalmally in Argyll"[2]
The parish was once much larger than the present ecclesiastical parish. It covered the Burgh of Fort William, North Ballachulish, Banavie, Corpach and Onich, Ardgour, Blaich, Duisky, Clovulin and Garvan. The quoad sacra parish of Duncansburgh, consisting of Fort William and Inverlochy, was created in 1860[3]
The present parish church is in Corpach. Kilgour claims that the first church was erected in the vicinity by a Columban monk in the 6th century.[4]
Kilmallie Parish Church
Some years after the disruption of 1843 the Free Church of Scotland were granted a site on which to build a church. It is claimed that they were deliberately given impossibly boggy ground and that the building was never stable. It was demolished in 1976 and replaced by one in the new village of Caol, where a fine new building stands today.[5]
kilmallie, scottish, gaelic, cill, mhàilidh, civil, parish, lochaber, west, highlands, scotland, centered, village, caol, near, fort, william, extends, banavie, corpach, gives, name, local, shinty, club, shinty, club, well, local, churches, free, church, scotl. Kilmallie Scottish Gaelic Cill Mhailidh is a civil parish in Lochaber in the west highlands of Scotland It is centered on the village of Caol near Fort William and extends to Banavie and Corpach It gives its name to the local shinty club Kilmallie Shinty Club as well as two local churches Kilmallie Free Church of Scotland and Kilmallie Parish Church of Scotland Somerled MacMillan says that In 1296 the English spelling of Kilmallie was Kilmalyn the Anglicized form of the Gaelic Cill Maolan Church of the little tonsured one Kilmallie derived its name from Maolan progenitor of the Clan MacMillan 1 According to WJ Watson A saint called Maillidh is commemorated in Cill Mhaillidh Kilmallie the largest parish in Scotland About eight miles away is Glen Mallie There is also Dail Mhaillidh Dalmally in Argyll 2 The parish was once much larger than the present ecclesiastical parish It covered the Burgh of Fort William North Ballachulish Banavie Corpach and Onich Ardgour Blaich Duisky Clovulin and Garvan The quoad sacra parish of Duncansburgh consisting of Fort William and Inverlochy was created in 1860 3 The present parish church is in Corpach Kilgour claims that the first church was erected in the vicinity by a Columban monk in the 6th century 4 Kilmallie Parish ChurchSome years after the disruption of 1843 the Free Church of Scotland were granted a site on which to build a church It is claimed that they were deliberately given impossibly boggy ground and that the building was never stable It was demolished in 1976 and replaced by one in the new village of Caol where a fine new building stands today 5 References Edit Somerled MacMillan Bygone Lochaber self published 1971 54 WJ Watson Place Names of Celtic Scotland William Blackwood amp Sons Edinburgh 1926 290 Donald B MacCulloch Romantic Lochaber Lines Publishing 1996 236 Wm T Kilgour Lochaber in War and Peace Alexander Gardner Paisley 1908 156 John MacLeod Highlanders London Sceptre Hodder and Stoughton 1997 233External links EditScottish Geographic Gazetteer Kilmallie Free Church of ScotlandCoordinates 56 50 17 N 5 06 07 W 56 838 N 5 102 W 56 838 5 102 This Highland location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kilmallie amp oldid 1145989590, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
