Gaelic place names can be quite descriptive of the landscape: The Gaelic, Loch Bad an t-Sean-tighe, roughly translates to Lake by the Hill with the Old House. Sean-tighe (pronounced Shan Tie) means old house and is related to the English word "Shanty".
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