Talk:Fairy Pools

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Proper name is Glumagan nan Sithichean.

Recent coining of term?[edit]

Do we have information as to when the term "Fairy Pools" was first coined and on what basis? I'm under the impression it's only in the last few years, possibly from a tourism campaign. I'm pretty sure the name was not used locally and that they weren't well known or particularly regarded as an attraction until recently. Although it is some time ago, I don't remember them being highlighted as a thing the last time I was in that locale. Sgiathanachs seem to be puzzled by the whole phenomenon. Waterfalls in Coire na Creiche on the Allt Coir' a' Mhadaidh are mentioned on the OS map but given no name. Mutt Lunker (talk) 12:20, 9 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The 2010 edition of Hebridean Island Hopping has 37 pages on Skye, the term does not appear and the only waterfalls in this vicinity that are mentioned are the one in the Glen Brittle Forest, to the east of Eynort. Mutt Lunker (talk) 16:48, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It apparently became widely known and visited after appearing on the front cover of the VisitScotland brochure, around a decade or so ago. As yet I haven't traced details or if this was an early coining of the term or actively the first. Mutt Lunker (talk) 11:34, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Despite having short sections on Glen Brittle, there is no mention in the 2004 or 2011 edition of The Rough Guide to Scottish Highlands & Islands. Mutt Lunker (talk) 00:26, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There is a discussion in this BBC News article, suggesting that rather than "being unnamed", Coire na Creiche is the appropriate name for the location. AllyD (talk) 08:21, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good find and definitely worth using re the apparent first usage of the term in the 1930s and the lack of any documented fairy connection. Per the initial post above, the wider corrie (na Creiche) and the river flowing through it (Allt Coir' a' Mhadaidh; named for the smaller corrie above, where the source is) have well-established names, noted on OS maps. The falls are specifically marked, within the context of the named river in the named corrie, simply as "Waterfalls". The news article is maybe phrased a bit ambiguously but, on a second reading, notes that the established name for the corrie is under threat, along with the original names of other features, from the novel name for this specific feature within it. The overall location wasn't unnamed but this feature was. Mutt Lunker (talk) 16:55, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

When I looked at this earlier, I rummaged in case gd.wiki has an unlinked article on the topic but found nothing relevant, whether as eas or that Glumagan nan Sithichean (which looks like it has been ported from English). AllyD (talk) 19:16, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Aye, I'd agree about Glumagan nan Sithichean. Mutt Lunker (talk) 19:36, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]