Cill-names and saints in Argyll : a way towards understanding the early church in Dál Riata?

Place-names containing Gaelic cill are common throughout the Gaelic-speaking world. In the area of Argyll chosen by the present study, the second element of such names (cill + X) is nearly always the name of a saint. This thesis sets out to discover what these cill- names and their associated dedica...

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Main Author: Butter, Rachel
Published: University of Glasgow 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.518855