Slumbay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Earlier Slumba, Slumpa, from Middle English Slomba, from Scottish Gaelic Slumba, probably from Old Norse slaemr-vágr (“slim or small bay”). Alternatively, perhaps from Scottish Gaelic Slugag (“small pool”). Possibly influenced by bay.
Senses: examples: text: While these things were going on in the quiet township of Slumbay, the Fiery Cross appears to have been despatched over the neighbouring parishes; and from Kintail, Lochalsh, Applecross, and even Gairloch, the Highlanders began to gather yesterday with the view of helping the Slumbay men, if occasion should arise. Few of these reached Slumbay, but they were in small detachments in the neighbourhood ready at any moment to come to the rescue on the appearance of any hostile force.
ref: 1883, Alexander Mackenzie, quoting William Mackenzie, “Lochcarron”, in The History of the Highland Clearances; […], Inverness: A[lexander] & W[illiam] Mackenzie, →OCLC, page 332:
text: Duncan M‘Lean, Slumbay, said that the local clergy were opposed to the land agitation, and that the Free Church minister of Plockton was reported to have made use of strong language in denouncing the agitation and those who took part in it.
ref: 1885 February 23, “Complaints of the Crofters of Lochcarron”, in The Glasgow Herald, 103rd year, number 46, Glasgow, →OCLC, page 10, column 1:
text: There is a little fishing harbour at Slumbay, to the southwest of the village.
ref: 1960, “Lochcarron”, in Illustrated Road Book of Scotland, London: The Automobile Association, published 1963, →OCLC, page 203, column 1:
text: Passing the North Strome hostel I came by Slumbay to Lochcarron village, that used to be known as Jeantown.
ref: a. 1966, David E[rnest] T[omlinson] Bell, “Lost by Loch Eil”, in P. Blane, S. J. Hourston, J. B. Gambles, compilers, The Highway Man […], Ayr, Ayrshire: The Ayrshire Post, published 1970, →OCLC, page 78:
text: At the south-west end, where the road branches off to Applecross, Loch Carron runs into the twin village of Slumbay, which has a good harbour.
ref: 1968, W[illiam] H[utchison] Murray, “Loch Carron and Applecross”, in The Companion Guide to the West Highlands of Scotland: The Seaboard from Kintyre to Cape Wrath, London: Collins, →OCLC, page 286:
text: The drive starts from the attractive village of Lochearron, which lines the shore of Inner Loch Carron. An unclassified road to the south-west leads past the small fishing harbour at Slumbay to Stromemore, where there are the ruins of Strome Castle.
ref: 1982, “Drive 11: Lochcarron 91 miles”, in Barry Francis, editor, Scotland: Where to Go, What to Do, Basingstoke, Hampshire: The Automobile Association, →ISBN, page 234, column 1:
text: Follow the A896 to the village of Lochcarron. A minor road heads southwest, following the north shoreline of Loch Carron. This road leads through the village of Slumbay and eventually past the castle.
ref: 2000, Gerald M. Ruzicki, Dorothy A. Ruzicki, “Strome Castle”, in In Search of Ancient Scotland: A Guide for the Independent Traveler, Mead, Wash.: Aspen Grove Publishing, →ISBN, chapter 7 (Skye and the Northwest Highlands), page 184:
text: Hut circles on the hillsides above Loch Carron in Wester Ross tell of life long before the nearby coastal crofting and inshore fishing communities grew around the sheltered natural harbour of Slumbay.
ref: 2001, Robin Smith, “LOCHCARRON, Dalchuirn & Slumbay”, in Alan Lawson, editor, The Making of Scotland: A Comprehensive Guide to the Growth of its Cities, Towns and Villages, Edinburgh: Canongate Books, →ISBN, page 615, column 2:
text: A village in Wester Ross, Lochcarron lies on the natural harbour of Slumbay on the northern shore of Loch Carron, 2 miles (3 km) northeast of its mouth.
ref: 2006, David Munro, Bruce Gittings, “Lochcarron”, in Scotland: An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscape, London: Collins, →ISBN, page 309, column 1:
glosses: A crofting township which now forms the southern section of Lochcarron, on the north side of Loch Carron in Wester Ross, Highland council area, Scotland.