No idea and I've been to Arran a few times but here's a guess. I don't think it was a farm or village in fact I guess that it may have been a church or an ecclesiastical area at least in very early times. This is because in Gaelic menoch means MONK. For example a farm where my ancestors came from is called Auchmannoch which means fields of the monks. Could Lergi mean Clergy? Or perhaps translated clergy of the Monks? Don't pay too much attention to this because as I say it's a wild guess but if I were you I would be looking at religious sites on Arran. I will be interested to see what other Ayrshire folk come up with! Ken

Hi Ken, Your interpretation could well be correct however another interpretation could be "Middle field", 'larg' being field and 'menoch' from meadhonach meaning middle. Dewar in his book on Scottish placenames gives Kerrimenoch on the neighbouring island of Bute as being the Monk's Quarter but other historians give it as Middle quarter and that would tie in with early land subdivisions. There being 3 "largy" farms in the vicinity of this one my pick would be middle but...... Religious sites more often than not started with the generic element "Kil" in the name Kilmory, Kilbride etc but that too can be misleading as Cul (back) or Coille (wood) tend to have evolved to Kil as well. Because Gaelic placenames have been so corrupted and anglicised over the centuries, one really has to go back to the earliest land records and translate those rather than modern ones. Not always easy of course! Cheers, Bill Subject: [AYR] Lergimenoch Isle of Arran No idea and I've been to Arran a few times but here's a guess. I don't think it was a farm or village in fact I guess that it may have been a church or an ecclesiastical area at least in very early times. This is because in Gaelic menoch means MONK. For example a farm where my ancestors came from is called Auchmannoch which means fields of the monks. Could Lergi mean Clergy? Or perhaps translated clergy of the Monks? Don't pay too much attention to this because as I say it's a wild guess but if I were you I would be looking at religious sites on Arran. I will be interested to see what other Ayrshire folk come up with! Ken 0-