'S e 'Maggot Road' a can muinntir an àite ris, a-nis tha Comhairle na Gàidhlealtachd airson sin a dh'atharrachadh gu 'Riverside Drive'. Nach snog sin? Thòisich ùpraidh air a' ghnothaich. Leugh tuilleadh air mo bhlog bheurla.
Locals call it Maggot Road, now Highland Council want to change it to Riverside Drive. Nice eh? There's a stushie over it all.
Read more on my English blog.
http://nairnshire.blogspot.com/2009/05/ ... ncils.html
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'The Maggot' Nairn - does the word have gaelic origins?
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Tha cuimhne agam air rathad sa Chorn, "Pig Lane", a thachair dol seachad air stèisean phoilis. Dh'atharraich a' Chomhairle an t-ainm gu rudeigin eile - ach seachad air an stèisean phoilis a-mhàin.
"Maggot Road" - seadh, gun character. Dè mu dheidhinn "Maggot Drive"? Seo compromise workable, 's dòcha...
"Maggot Road" - seadh, gun character. Dè mu dheidhinn "Maggot Drive"? Seo compromise workable, 's dòcha...
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Nach neonach sin, tha àite ann an Inbhir Narann ris an canar Pig Street, dh'atharraich na beuracrats gu Tradespark Road e ach tha fhathast cuimhne aig a h-uile duine far a bheil Pig Street 
A thaobh 'Maggot' tha am facal sin a' cur eagal air na luchd-leasachaidh, chan eil iad a' gabhail uidh sam bith le dualchas an àite, tha iadsan direach faicinn facal grod airson na taighean ura spadail aca. (magh, a plain, flat area.)
http://nairnshire.blogspot.com/2009/04/ ... l#comments
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A thaobh 'Maggot' tha am facal sin a' cur eagal air na luchd-leasachaidh, chan eil iad a' gabhail uidh sam bith le dualchas an àite, tha iadsan direach faicinn facal grod airson na taighean ura spadail aca. (magh, a plain, flat area.)http://nairnshire.blogspot.com/2009/04/ ... l#comments
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