Kirkmahoe Explained

Kirkmahoe is a civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway. The parish contains the settlements Kirkton, where the parish church is located, Dalswinton and Duncow. It is bounded by the parishes of Dumfries to the south, Holywood and Dunscore to the west, and Kirkmichael and Tinwald to the east.[1]

The name Kirkmahoe commemorates St Kentigern, the patron saint of Glasgow.[2] Mo Choe is the Gaelic equivalent of Mungo, the Cumbric hypocoristic form of Kentigern.[3]

External links

Kirkmahoe at scotlandsplaces.gov.uk

Notes and References

  1. Book: Duncan, Walter. The County of Dumfries. Collins. 1962. Glasgow. 139. Houston. The Third Statistical Account of Scotland. George. Chapter 12: The Parish of Kirkmahoe.
  2. Web site: Kirkmahoe, eccles. Kirkmahoe. 2015-04-03. Saints in Scottish Place-Names. https://web.archive.org/web/20150403111233/http://saintsplaces.gla.ac.uk/place.php?id=1350426118. 2015-04-03.
  3. Web site: Kentigern of Glasgow. 2014-04-03. Saints in Scottish Place-Names. https://web.archive.org/web/20150403110842/http://saintsplaces.gla.ac.uk/saint.php?id=121. 2015-04-03.
    • For the linguistic details of these names see Book: Jackson, Kenneth Hurlstone. Studies in the Early British Church. Cambridge University Press. 1958. 300–302. Chapter VI: The Sources for the Life of St Kentigern. Chadwick. Nora K.. and St Machar - Some Linguistic Light?. Ó Baoill. Colm. 1993. Innes Review. 10.3366/inr.1993.44.1.1. 44. 9–10.

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