Blair Collection > Surnames & place-names of the Isle of Man

SurnantBa ii^i^iireir frimn Cratres, tit. 73
name formerly given to those who possessed the
accompHshments of reading and writing.
'Conchobar Ua Cleirigh, lector of Cill-dara,' A.D. 1 126.*
John Clerk was ' Judge of Mann,' in 1417.
' Gubon M'Cubon Clearke, commissary to Bishop
Pulley, Bishop of Sodor,' A.D. I430.t
Clerk [1417], Clearke [1430], M'Cleary [1521],
^PCleare [1532], Clarke [1586], Mac y Chlery
[1617], Clark [1621].
Jurby, Andreas, Lezayre, Bride, German, .Malew, Arbory
(c), elsewhere (u).
Skelly, contracted from O'Scolaidhe, the '^story-teller's
descendant' {scculaidhc) . The 'story-teller' was
a regular official at the courts of the old Irish
kings.
' O'Scolaidhe of sweet stories.'J
'Gilia-Isa-MAC-AN-SKEALY,' A.D. I237.§
'After the English Invasion the family of O'SCOLAIDHE
or O'SCOLAIGHE, now Scully, were driven into the county
of Tipperary.'
Compare (Irish) Scully, Skelly, Skally, and
SCALLY.
M'^Scaly [140S], Skellie [1630], Skealley [1631],
Skally [1640], Skelly [1677], Skaly [1715].
It was formerly a common name in the parish
of Jurby, but is now scarcely found anywhere.
Kewish (pronounced Keoush), contracted from Mac-
Uais, ' The noble's son.'
Colla Uais is said to have been the 121st
Milesian Monarch of Ireland.
Kewish [1618], Kevish [1653], Kewsh [1683].
Jurby (vc). Bride, Ballaugh, Malew (u), elsewhere (w).
* Four Mast., Vol. II., p. 996. f Statute Law Book, p. 24.
X O'Dubhagain, p. 12. § Four Mast., Vol. III., p. 291.
II O'Donovan, p. 25.