Hello Emma.
I suppose that the pub was named after the Blackfriars Friary at Inverness which was destroyed after the Reformation. The Black Friars were Dominicans and given that name because of the colour of their robes as distinct from the grey robes of the Franciscans.
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Hello Emma.
I suppose that the pub was named after the Blackfriars Friary at Inverness which was destroyed after the Reformation. The Black Friars were Dominicans and given that name because of the colour of their robes as distinct from the grey robes of the Franciscans.