Scottish Gaelic Place Names Worksheets

Scottish Gaelic place-names worksheets for ages 7–12 and beginners: the Gaelic names of Scotland’s 32 council areas, from Baile Obar Dheathain to Lodainn an Iar, ten towns and cities, eleven islands, twelve words found in place names, a match page, a word spotter and a census page.

What’s inside:

- Start here: ainmean-àite (with adult notes)

- The 32 council areas of Scotland, in two tables, with the Gaelic forms from Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba

- Ten towns and cities and eleven islands

- Match the places

- Words you can find in place names: beinn, cnoc, bealach, àrd, abhainn, allt, inbhir, eilean, loch, eas, dubh, ruadh

- Spot the words in place names

- Where is Gaelic strongest? Three council areas from Scotland’s Census 2022

- Where I live

- Answer key

- Credits, licence & sources

Pages: 12 (including cover and credits). Sizes: A4 (210 × 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), both PDFs included in one zip.

Who it’s for: Ages 7–12 and beginners · geography, families and classrooms.

Printing: Print at 100% / actual size on A4 or US Letter. Inside pages use light backgrounds and print well in black and white; covers are dark, so start from page 2 to save ink.

Where the Gaelic comes from: every Scottish Gaelic word and phrase was copied from LearnGaelic.scot (its Little by Little lessons, Quick Fix phrases and Twenty Words lists) or, for the council-area names, the Local Authorities list published by Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba, checked on 30 October 2026. The sources are listed on each pack’s credits page, and words we could not find in them were left out. The thu and sibh forms are labelled, following LearnGaelic’s lessons. We don’t invent English-letter sound guides: we point you to LearnGaelic, where every word in the Twenty Words lists has a sound clip. Drawings, puzzles and layouts are REALLYBYTE’s own work. scottish-gaelic.languages.im and REALLYBYTE are independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by LearnGaelic, Bòrd na Gàidhlig, Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba or any government body.

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