Auchinairn

Auchinairn (Scottish Gaelic: Achadh an Fheàrna or Achadh nan Àirne) is a suburb (formerly a village) within East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, and shares its southern boundary with the Robroyston and Balornock districts within the Glasgow City council area.

==History== Etymology The original village of Auchinairn is derived from Scottish Gaelic, but there are differing interpretations of the name: Achadh an Fheàrna (silent "fh") - field of the alder. This is the official name. Achadh nan Àirne - field of the sloes. This derivation is more likely as a single N in the middle of the English name tends to derive from Gaelic nan/nam much more often than an; if Achadh an Fheàrna was the original name, you would expect it to have evolved into *Auchairn in modern English. The village thumb|left|Map of Auchinairn and Bishopbriggs in the early 1900s Auchinairn village originally developed as two distinct areas: Old Auchinairn (The Auld Toon) and New Auchinairn. Old Auchinairn lay to the north side of Auchinairn Road, between what is now Woodhill Road and Letham Drive. It had a school which was built about 1760.