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24° SHanx piacB-Bamcs,
used to denote the middle quarter-land of a treen
or the central farm in a parish, as in Balla-
MEANAGH or Ballamenagh, ' Middle Farm.'
This word may be sometimes confounded with
managh, 'a monk' (see p. 189). There are also
Slieau Meanagh, 'Middle Mountain;' Burrow
Meanagh, ' Middle Burrow,' (?) a pile of rocks
on Cronk-ny-arrey-Lhaa ; and Creg Venagh,
' Middle Crag.' [(I) Drummenagh, (G) Bal-
meanach.]
Tessyn (K), Tessen (C), 'across' or 'athwart,' is
generally applied to farms part of which He on
one side of a highroad, and part on another, as
in Ballaterson and Ballatersin, ' Athwart
Farm.' The r in the Manx place-names is pro-
bably correct, as it agrees with the Irish and
Gaelic forms. [(I) Kiltrasna, (G) Baltersan.]
Ard, ' high ;' in Dorlish Ard (doarlish), ' High Gap ;'
Cronk Ard, ' High Hill.' Clagh Ard, ' High
Stone,' is the name of two standing stones or me-
morial pillars. [(I) Lochanard.]
Dowin, 'deep, low;' in Glendowne, 'Deep Glen;'
BwoAiLLEE DowNE, ' Deep Fold.' Balladoyne,
* Low Farm,' is low-lying land by the river
Neb. Also possibly in Baldooin, ' Low Farm,'
and Baldwin, formerly Boayldin {Boayl dowin),
' Low Place.' Both East and West Baldwin are
deep valleys.
Injil, ' low ;' in Cooilingil, ' Low Nook,' and Cronk-
iNjiL, ' Low Hill.' Cronkinjil is close to Cronk-
ard. Injil is probably a corruption of the Irish
iscal or Gaelic iosal, as in (I) Agheesal, for the