Township: Hough

Map Reference: Hough 11

Name Type:

Meaning: Named after big cliffs in Mull where family came from - Neil Alec MacLean, Hough, 11/1993

It is an old name, long before the house was built - Flora Ann Brown, Balevullin, 11/1995.

Interestingly this name is not in the ONB.

See Gribun in Longships on the Sand.

Other Forms: Gribun - OS

Related Places:

Information:
Cameron, Rev. Hector (ed.), Na Bàird Thirisdeach, The Tiree Association, 1932, Angus MacKechnie, 'Iorram nan Itheach', p 382:

Frasan cruaidh a nuas bho Ghriobunn,
’S i ’na sioban bho Cheann-Traighe;
Ach na fleasgaich cha dean striochdadh-
Ruigidh sinn an cala sabhailt.

Local Form:

Languages : Obscure

Informants: OS

Informant 2: Neil Alec MacLean, Hough, 11/1993

Informant 3: Flora Ann Brown, Balevullin, 11/1995