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

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stones ; and in Brough Brisht, ' Broken Brow.'
Here brisht seems to refer to a landslip.
Rea, ' fiat, smooth, even ;' in Drim-Reiy (pronounced
ray), ' Flat (Hill-)back,' the old and appropriate
name of St. Marks. [(I) Inchaffray, (G) Auch-
RAE.]
Roauyr, ' fat, swollen ;' in Kione Roauyr, ' Fat Head.'
This is the somewhat fanciful name of a broad
headland.
Meen, literally ' mild, meek,' has in local names the
signification * smooth or soft ;' as in Gareemeen,
' Soft Sour (or Rocky) Land ;' and Ballamine and
Ballamin, * Soft Farm.-* ' Soft ' here means bogg}'.
[(I) Clonmeen.]
Meayl, ' bald,' generally speaking, means anything
bald, bare, or hornless. Thus a hornless cow is
called a mealey. In the only local name in which
it is found it means ' bare,' as Slieau Meayl,
' Bare Hill.' [(1) Knockmoyle.]
Chirrym or tirrym, ' dry ;' in Ballachirrim, formerly
Balytyrym, ' Dry Farm ;' Closechirrym, ' Dry
Close ;' and possibly in Baltrim, ' Dry Farm.' [(I)
Tullyhirrim.]
Feayr, 'cold ;' in Chibber Feayr, ' Cold Spring.' [(I)
Owenure.]
Lajer, ' strong ;' in Cashtal Lajer, ' Strong Castle.'
This is an ancient earthwork on Cronkould. It
is forty yards in diameter, the outside mound
being about eight feet high, and the raised em-
bankment sixteen or seventeen feet thick. There
are numerous barrow-mounds within the enclosure.
Reagh, 'merry, laughing;' in Strooan Reach,