Editing Rockall (section)

==Etymology==
The origin and meaning of the islet's name ''Rockall'' is uncertain. The [[Scottish Gaelic]] name for the islet, {{lang|gd|Ròcal}}, may derive from an [[Old Norse]] name that may contain the element {{lang|non|fjall}}, meaning 'mountain'.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.parliament.scot/Gaelic/placenamesP-Z.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=26 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526191311/http://www.parliament.scot/Gaelic/placenamesP-Z.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Coates has suggested that the name is from the Norse {{lang|non|*rok}}, meaning 'foaming sea', and {{lang|non|kollr}}, meaning 'bald head'—a word which appears in other placenames in Scandinavian-speaking areas.<ref name="Coates"/> Another idea is that it derives from the Gaelic {{lang|gd|Sgeir Rocail}}, meaning '[[skerry]] of roaring' or 'sea rock of roaring'<ref name=Keay/> (although {{lang|gd|rocail}} can also be translated as 'tearing' or 'ripping').<ref name="ceant"/><ref name="cean4"/>

The Dutch mapmakers [[Petrus Plancius]] and {{ill|Cornelis Claeszoon|nl|Cornelis Claesz (drukker)}}, show an island called ''Rookol'' northwest of Ireland on their ''Map of New France and the Northern Atlantic Ocean'' (Amsterdam, {{circa|1594}}). The first literary reference to the island, which is called ''Rokol'', is found in [[Martin Martin]]'s ''A Late Voyage to St. Kilda'', published in 1698. This book gives an account of a voyage to the [[archipelago]] of [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]], and Martin states: "...&nbsp;and from it lies Rokol, a small rock {{convert|60|league|km|sigfig=1|spell=in|disp=sqbr}} to the westward of St Kilda; the inhabitants of this place call it ''[[Rocabarraigh|Rokabarra]]''."<ref name="Martin"/>

The name {{lang|gd|Rocabarraigh}} is also used in Scottish [[Scottish folklore|Gaelic folklore]] for a mythical rock which is supposed to appear three times, its last appearance being at the end of the world: "{{lang|gd|Nuair a thig Rocabarra ris, is dual gun tèid an Saoghal a sgrios}}". ('When Rocabarra returns, the world will likely come to be destroyed').<ref name=GP101/>

Rockall's name has also been used in [[Irish mythology]]; one story describes how legendary giant [[Fionn mac Cumhaill]] (Finn McCool) scooped up a chunk of Ireland to fling at a Scottish rival. It instead missed and landed in the [[Irish Sea]] – the pebble left behind formed Rockall, while the clump became the [[Isle of Man]] and the void left behind filled with water and eventually became [[Lough Neagh]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-09-22 |title=Lough Neagh Heritage – Culture |url=http://www.loughneaghheritage.com/Culture/Folklore---Legends.aspx |access-date=2022-01-04 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922091457/http://www.loughneaghheritage.com/Culture/Folklore---Legends.aspx |archive-date=22 September 2013 |url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Cove|first=Connolly|date=2017-11-23|title=The Legend of Finn McCool and the Isle of Man {{!}} Connolly Cove|url=https://www.connollycove.com/legend-finn-mccool-isle-man/|access-date=2022-01-04|language=en-GB}}</ref>