Gaelic Names of Beasts: Mammals, Birds, Fishes, Insects, Reptiles

Quick overview Alexander Robert Forbes (1849-1924), born on Skye, off Scotland's west coast, studied law in Edinburgh University and became Deputy Keeper of the Minute Book of the Court of Sessions in Edinburgh. A noted Celtic scholar, he was an authority on place-names. He published his most famous work - The Gaelic Names of Beasts (mammalia), Birds, Fish, Insects and Reptiles — in 1905, based on a variety of Gaelic sources in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. The book includes information for individual animals from folk-lore and early manuscript sources.