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34 IRanx Surnantcs.
Prayer Book, written about 1625, gives the form
Payl for Paul.
Compare — (Irish) Gilfoyle, Kilfoil.
Mac Falle [1408], Mac Faile [1429], Mac Faile
[1430], M'Fayle [1504], Fail [151 i], Mac Fayll
[1521], Fayle [1608], Ffayle [1623], Faile
[1713]-
Fell, not found before 1750, may be either a
corruption of the above, or from the Scandinavian
fjall, which in the British Islands has become/?//.
It is a common name in Cumberland, whence it
may have been imported into the Isle of Man.
(Mac Felis, found in 151 1, may have some con-
nection with it.)
Braddan, Marown (vc), Santon, Jurby, Lezayre (c), else-
where (u).
Sayle is possibly a corruption of Fayle. It is almost
entirely confined to the north of the island.
Mac Sale [1511], Sall [1601], Sayle [1624], Saile
[1701], Sail [1709].
Andreas (vc), Jurby, Bride, Maughold (c), elsewhere (u).
QuAYLE, contracted from Mac Phail, ' Paul's Son.'
Phail is anglicised from Maelfabhaill. ' Mael-
FABHAILL, son of Muirchcartach, slain by the
Norsemen.'*
This is one of the most widely distributed names
in the island.
Mac Fayle [1511], Mac Quayle, Quayle [1540],
quaylle, quall [1601], quale [1602], quaile
[1604], Quail [1656].
Malew, Onchan (vc), Rushen, Arbory, Santon, German,
Braddan, Ballaugh, Lezayre, Maughold (c), elsewhere (u).
* Four Mast., Vol. I., p. 537.
Prayer Book, written about 1625, gives the form
Payl for Paul.
Compare — (Irish) Gilfoyle, Kilfoil.
Mac Falle [1408], Mac Faile [1429], Mac Faile
[1430], M'Fayle [1504], Fail [151 i], Mac Fayll
[1521], Fayle [1608], Ffayle [1623], Faile
[1713]-
Fell, not found before 1750, may be either a
corruption of the above, or from the Scandinavian
fjall, which in the British Islands has become/?//.
It is a common name in Cumberland, whence it
may have been imported into the Isle of Man.
(Mac Felis, found in 151 1, may have some con-
nection with it.)
Braddan, Marown (vc), Santon, Jurby, Lezayre (c), else-
where (u).
Sayle is possibly a corruption of Fayle. It is almost
entirely confined to the north of the island.
Mac Sale [1511], Sall [1601], Sayle [1624], Saile
[1701], Sail [1709].
Andreas (vc), Jurby, Bride, Maughold (c), elsewhere (u).
QuAYLE, contracted from Mac Phail, ' Paul's Son.'
Phail is anglicised from Maelfabhaill. ' Mael-
FABHAILL, son of Muirchcartach, slain by the
Norsemen.'*
This is one of the most widely distributed names
in the island.
Mac Fayle [1511], Mac Quayle, Quayle [1540],
quaylle, quall [1601], quale [1602], quaile
[1604], Quail [1656].
Malew, Onchan (vc), Rushen, Arbory, Santon, German,
Braddan, Ballaugh, Lezayre, Maughold (c), elsewhere (u).
* Four Mast., Vol. I., p. 537.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Blair Collection > Surnames & place-names of the Isle of Man > (52) |
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| Description | By A.W. Moore ; with an introduction by Professor Rhŷs. |
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| Shelfmark | Blair.243 |
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