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

234 Manx place- S^antBs.
' White Cairn,' which marks the boundary between
the parishes of Onchan and Braddan in the moun-
tains ; in Cregbedn, ' White Rock,' and Eary
Vedn, ' White Moor.' [(I) Loughbane.]
Ruy, ' red,' is not so common as the preceding.
AwiN Ruy, ' Red River ;' Gob-ny-Traie-ruy,
* Point of the Red Shore ;' and Glen Roy, ' Red
Glen,' appear to have been named from ferrugin-
ous deposits in the water. Lhargee Ruy, ' Red
Slope," and Cronk Ruy, ' Red Hill,' become ap-
propriate in autumn, when the bracken turns red.
[(I) Owenroe, (G) Culroy.]
Jiarg, ' red,' also, but of a deeper red than ruy.
Brough-jiarg-Moor, ' Big Red Brow,' is a con-
spicuous raised beach in the parish of Ballaugh.
The soil of Ballajiarg, ' Red Farm,' has a red
colour and is very rich. [(I) Belderg, (G) Bar-
jarg.]
Dhoan, ' brown,' has the same signification as the
cognate English dun. Carrick Dhoan, ' Dun
Rock,' has probably been so called from being
covered with seaweed, as it is under water at
high tide ; also in Lag-dhoan, ' Dun Hollow.'
[(I) Barnadown.]
Glass, as already stated, has several meanings accord-
ing to its application. Thus Ballaglass, ' Green
Farm,' in the parish of Maughold, contains Glione
Glass, ' Green Glen,' one of the most beautiful glens
in the island. There are also in this sense Kerroo-
Glass, ' Green Quarter,' Ary-Glass (aeree), ' Green
Moor,' and Curragh-Glass, ' Green Bog.' This
latter is a small pool surrounded by the vivid