Tarbert
There are a number of places called
Tarbert in
Scotland, and one in
Ireland. Each is characterised by a narrow strip of land, or
isthmus. This can be where two lochs nearly meet, or a causeway out to an island. The name is common between
Irish and
Scottish Gaelic. The name has its origin in old Norse: Tar båt - tar bat - name "Tarbat" - "Tarbert" since there is no "å" in Gaelic or English. It translates literally as "draw-boat", or "drag boat". It means a place where one could drag a boat from the one loch to another, or from a sea loch to an inland loch. See also
portage.
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Tarbert, Argyll and Bute the town at the northern end of the
Kintyre peninsula,
Argyll*
Tarbert, Western Isles, a ferry port on the Isle of
Harris*
Glen Tarbert, between
Loch Linnhe and
Loch Sunart*
Tarbert Hill, above the town of
West Kilbride*
Tarbert Bay, on the Isle of
Canna*
Loch Tarbert, a sea loch on the Isle of
Jura*
East Tarbert Bay and
West Tarbert Bay on the Isle of
Gigha*
Tarbert, Kerry, a ferry port on the
Shannon estuary in
County Kerry.
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