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

UtiitttVoal Hfixt^a. 247
surmises that, as some of the places so called
have an echo, their names arose from your
having to speak loudly to them and get a loud
answer, exactly as happens when you speak to a
deaf person. This is an ingenious explanation,
but its application in the case of Cronkbouyr
would seem doubtful. [(I) Glenbower.]
The following is found in Manx, Irish, and Gaelic,
but is not known colloquially in Manx :
Ceabagh, ' cloddy ;' in Puirt Ceabagh, * Cloddy
Port.' This curious name would seem to be
derived from the appearance of the small rocks
there.
The following are found in Manx, and are known
colloquially, but are not found in Irish and Gaelic :
Mea, ' fat, luxuriant,' in the sense of fertile ; possibly in
Glenmay, formerly Glenmea, Glenmeay, and
Glenmoij, ' Luxuriant Glen.' This is very doubt-
ful, because it is always pronounced by old Manx
people as if spelled Glenmoy, or Glenmy.
Gerjoil, 'joyful;' in Carn Gerjoil, 'Joyful Cairn,'
a name also applied to the mountain on which the
cairn stands. It may commemorate some public
thanksgiving.
Skibhylt, ' active, nimble ;' in Cronk Skibbylt, 'Nimble
Hill.' No explanation of this absurd name is
possible. It is probably a corruption of some-
thing quite different.
Foalley, ' treacherous,' is found in our dictionaries, but
not in Irish and Gaelic, unless fealltach, with the
same meaning, has a remote connection. It occurs