- *calg-ac-os, 'possessing a blade', and is
seemingly related to the
Gaelic calgach (meaning 'prickly' or 'fierce').
Whether the word is a name or a title...
- "oak wood of
Calgach",
after an
unknown pagan. John Keys O'Doherty, the
Catholic Bishop of
Derry from 1889 to 1907,
sought to
identify Calgach with Agricola's...
- from the settlement's
earliest references,
Daire Calgaich ('oak-grove of
Calgach'). The name was
changed from
Derry in 1613
during the
Plantation of Ulster...
-
Church are
cited as
alternative possible locations of the
monastery Daire-
calgach; Doire-Choluim-Chille;
Daire Duib-recles;
Cella Nigra Derry Abbey Augustinian...
-
takes its name
after the
monastic settlement originally founded at
Daire Calgach and
later known as
Daire Colm Cille,
Anglicised as Derry. In the Roman...
- the
Latin for "Dove".
Previously Daire Calgaich, "The Oak-wood of
Calgach".
Calgach may have been Calgacus. The name may come from Proto-Celtic *calg-ac-os...
-
Seisd ’S e Fòghnan na h-Alba lus
ainmeil nam buadh; Lus
grinn nan dos
calgach thug
dearbh air bhi cruaidh; Sean-suaicheantas mòrail tir bhòidhich mo...
- (the) oak', i.e. Kildare, and St
Colum Cille favoured Doire Calgaich '
Calgach's oak grove', i.e. Derry; see also Durrow, darú, from dair magh, 'oak plain'...
-
Church are
cited as
alternative possible locations of the
monastery Daire-
calgach; Doire-Choluim-Chille;
Daire Duib-recles;
Cella Nigra 54°59′41″N 7°19′26″W...
