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

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Langness, and the other at Poolvash. They are
only filled with water by exceptionally high tides,
so that in the meantime they stagnate.
Geinnee, ' sandy ;' in Ballagenny, ' Sandy Farm.'
This farm is near the sandy shore of the parish of
Bride. [(I) Glengannah.]
Shliggagh (Trig. C. CI.), 'shelly;' in Rhullick-y-lagg-
SLiGGAGH, ' the shelly-hollow graveyard.' This is
the Manx name of the Mull Stone Circle.
Aalin, ' beautiful ;' in Knockanalin, ' Beautiful Hillock.'
[(I) Glashawlin.]
Sallagh, ' dirty, filthy ;' probably in Ballasalla, for-
merly Ballasallagh and Ballasalley, ' Dirty
Town or Farm.' There is a village of this name
in the parish of Malew, and a farm in the parish of
Jurby.
Broigh, Broghe, also ' dirty ;' in Glenbroigh, ' Dirty
Glen.'
Curree, ' boggy -j' in Ballacurry, Ballachurry, and
Ballachurree, ' Boggy Farm,' a very common
name ; also in Balicure, the old name of Bishop's
Court. There is an earthwork on Ballachurry,
in the parish of Andreas, dating probably from the
seventeenth century, which is a rectangle fifty yards
in length by forty in breadth, with walls six yards
thick, having a bastion at each corner.
Grianagh, Grianey, Grcinagh, Grciney, ' sunny ;' in
Ballagr.\ney, ' Sunny Farm ;' Glen Greenaugh,
' Sunny Glen ;' and Port Greenaugh, ' Sunny
Port.' The older name of Port Greenaugh was
the (O.N.) Greenwyk. [(I) Ballygreany.]
Rennee, ' ferny ;' in Nellan Renny (yn-dlan), ' The