Tobermory

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Tobermory is a place name of Scottish Gaelic origin and the capital of the Isle of Mull, off Scotland. There are also rare instances of its use as a personal name.

1 Origins of the name
2 Examples of use
- 2.1 Geographical locations
- 2.2 Characters named Tobermory
3 Trivia
4 External links
5 Notes and references

[edit] Origins of the name

The name Tobermory is derived from a combination of two Scottish Gaelic words; tobar (n.), meaning well, fountain or spring; and mhore, or moire (n.), meaning Mary, or Maria. ^[1],^[2]. This can be translated as literally meaning 'Well of Mary' or 'Well of Maria' but 'Mary's Well' is the most common translation. The town of Tobermory (or, as it is now, Tobermory, Argyll and Bute) was given this name because of a well located near the town, which had been dedicated in ancient times to the Virgin Mary.^[3]

[edit] Examples of use

[edit] Geographical locations

Tobermory, Argyll and Bute is the chief town of the Isle of Mull in Scotland, with a population of around 1,390.
Tobermory, Ontario is a town on the Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, Canada, with a population of around 3,599.

[edit] Characters named Tobermory

One of the Wombles is called Tobermory.
The author Saki (the nom de plume of H.H. Munro) wrote a short story called Tobermory about a cat of that name who was taught to speak. It was published in 1911 in a collection of short stories entitled The Chronicles of Clovis:

"And do you really ask us to believe," Sir Wilfrid was saying, "that you have discovered a means for instructing animals in the art of human speech, and that dear old Tobermory has proved your first successful pupil?" ^[4]

[edit] Trivia

Tobermory Single Malt is a single malt Scotch whisky from the distillery in Tobermory, Argyll and Bute.
The BBC children's TV series, Balamory, based in the town of that same name, is based on the town of Tobermory, Argyll and Bute. The show, however, was originally to be based in a fictional town called Applecross ^[5]. Although the name Balamory is fictional and probably has no specific Scottish Gaelic origin other than a derivation of the name, Tobermory, there is a Gaelic word, baile, meaning a settlement or town, which is also (although rarely) known by its anglicism bal or balla. Therefore Balamory might be said to mean 'Mary's Town' ^[1].

[edit] External links

Link: the connection between the Scottish town and the fictional town of Balamory.
Link: the website of the Tobermory distillery.
Document link: A Guide to Gaelic origins of place names in Britain, published by Ordnance Survey (UK).
Document link: A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland, by Samuel Lewis.
Document link: text of Tobermory by Saki.

[edit] Notes and references

^ ^a ^b Ordnance Survey, Ltd. (UK) (Nov 2005). Guide to Gaelic origins of place names in Britain (PDF format). Ordnance Survey. Retrieved on 2006-09-01.
^ A Guide to the Meaning of Gaelic Distillery Names (2003). Retrieved on 2006-09-01.
^ Samuel Lewis (1846), Topographical Dictionary of Scotland: Tain - Tobermory pp. 526-46. From the Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 1 September 2006.
^ Tobermory, by Saki (1911). Retrieved on 2006-09-02.
^ imdb.com (2002). Information on Balamory (2002). Internet Movie Database (IMDB). Retrieved on 2006-09-18.

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[edit] Examples of use

[edit] Geographical locations

[edit] Characters named Tobermory

[edit] Trivia

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes and references

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