The Gaelic place names of Glasgow

Big debate in Scotland over many years about the misconceptions that the Gaelic language was ever spoken as the community language outside of the highlands of Scotland. I think its been proved beyond doubt that Gaelic was once the native language of Scots until around 400 years ago , when the balance tipped in favour of English , and that it was spoken all over what is now modern Scotland as far south as the north of England , with north cumbria and at one point north of the tyne having Gaelic speakers.

I received a book called Glasgows Gaelic place names , documenting the research by Alasdair Whyte , Kathy Forsyth and Simon Taylor further entrenching the truth of the Gaelic language being spoken as the community language in Glasgow  , with the last native speakers Dying  out a mere 16 miles north of Glasgow around the second world war.

Highly interesting read.

A few examples ...

Modern garscadden .........from Gaelic gart sgadain , Scottish for `farm of the herring`

Gartnavel.......Gart an Abhaill    `farm of the apple tree`

Drumoyne......druim mona `ridge at the peat bog `

Yoker ....eochair `waterside border` 


really interesting research , well written and documented.