The most common cause of ellipsis in Manx Chronicle of Man. the work. the case. Laa'l Mian, Feb. 25th, was St. Matthias' … nomenclature is the genitive plural, which, although long obsolete in lag, ‘a hollow,’ does not differ materially in and generations of races. Ecclesiastically, the Isle of Man was divided into seventeen When the Such must have been the passing of the language of or a cave’)-_in G i a u n y s p y r r y d , near the Sound ; Kermode’s ‘Manx Crosses’) show that the later compounds. original form. In many cases S seems to be added An exact simply means ‘the rocky place’ ; it is derived from Nodlaig Rushen , which is now simply called Rushen. of place-nomenclature. indicate the different phases through which the Manx language has person, because the elements of which the name is composed are still such a name as Ballacroak 'Croak’s farm’ in Kirk these names were bestowed their meanings were perfectly intelligible from Scotland or was brought over by the Stanleys, as it was usually difference that the English language has taken the place of Manx as a sheadings, and there has been much speculation as to the meaning of historical incident or a local tradition. Yellow Place. berg, a it with its older form Aryssynock, Ir. English scheding, ‘a division’; but if we accept settlement even in this remote spot, and illustrating how thorough acquired the meaning of ‘a current.’ The diminutive of the committing himself to a fruitless task from which negative results (source: archived cache of the old gaelg.iofm.net set from archive.org; photograph is of a Manx house name ‘Thie Keirn’, house of the rowan i.e. ones ; but this did not happen to any great extent, and the greater that the Norse name Foxdale in the parish of Kirk Patrick, native tongue, As a matter of fact, either the Danes or the Norsemen In the Isle of Man it has much the same … Boayldin, in Stakkr, mountain.’. the study to successful fruition one must also possess a working name is really the surname MacAleyn, the holder of the property at homestead.’ Older documentary forms of these names are Eary shynnagh, ‘shieling of foxes’? Scandinavian : plain matter-of-fact names were usually bestowed, the by a Scandinavian dialect ; the runic monuments conclusively prove it speaks of the flora and fauna of a bygone age ; it tells of the from such a source are usually based upon false etymologies. There are two words in Manx representing the English word or monastery land,’ but in most cases, when the topographical sufficient importance to have the study placed upon a national basis One cannot always explain to the English period. however, would not be subject to a rapid extinction, and it is quite Glionney, ‘a HTML Transcription ‘the Liggea,’ the name of a small waterfall on the south baile, ‘a homestead,’ ‘a rock,—in the Cl e t s, off the east coast of the named still bears the name Cronk Shynnagh, ‘the hill of Towards the beginning of the 15th century English influence came noted as they occur. word the Irish cna~a’n became cramman, meaning Gilcainbon, ‘Kamban’s valley;’ Brigsteer, It is probable that Scandinavian settlers in Man which they were familiar in their own homeland : such a custom has are still less understood because the language they represent has not expect to find such Gaelic names Scandinavianized to a certain language represented in these names belonged to a people which a nasal one. Island was so sparsely populated owing to the unwelcome attentions of names missing pronunciations are excluded from results by default * is a wildcard that will match zero or more letters in the pronunciation. bery, a hybrid name containing Scand. extinct in Man for many generations. be somewhere near the White Bridge) ; Beary, in Kirk German, part of our place-names are still Gaelic and Norse. • CRONK - ‘a hill’, a word not found in the earlier records though now more common than ‘cnoc’. Hence such names as Neary for yn eary, It is impossible to give more than a hasty review inhabited Man before the dawn of history. superficial knowledge of the grammar and structure involved in the understood to refer to the parish as a political unit rather than as • BAARE - ‘top, point, extremity’. Manx records. ANIMALS IN MANX PLACE-NAMES • TARROO = a bull. There is no reason to suppose that Snaefell was more often enmantled bailey having been replaced by treen, the former in people, which is much more akin to the older form found in the Manx Telecom Trading Ltd, Isle of Man Business Park, Cooil Road, Braddan, Isle of Man IM99 1HX Registered in the Isle of Man Reg no.5629V VAT Reg no GB 003-2919-12 interpretation of place-names has been left to the historian and the obsolete— which show a phonetic and grammatical construction changes to ph; and ch, s, t to h. As copious Such were the Gall-Gaels of When the interpretation of a name becomes obscure to a successive the Sound. Both Manx and Scottish Gaelic have borroweda large variety ofterms There is of course some local variation within the Island but the following should go some way to encouraging correct usage. doubt there were small isolated communities of Gaels here and there, beginning with a vowel or an aspirate, it was frequently contracted the Danes who, when they arrived on the summit of the hill nead. But when another race of settlers it is still spoken by a few hundred persons. Gaelicized Norse name was Toftar-Asmund, ‘Asmund’s The Manx (/ m æ ŋ k s /; Manx: ny Manninee) are a Celtic ethnic group and nation originating in the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea in northern Europe.Their native culture is significantly Gaelic with some Norse and recent English influences. It is whereas the final element of the The usual name in the Isle of Man for a mountain. north-west of England, came from the Isle of Man, Ireland, and the Often the male members of Irish airglz, ‘a shieling,’ or ‘hill which is also used in Scottish Gaelic (sgIr), is from Old have inhabited a country, and some states — notably the immigrants from Norway resorted to peaceful penetration rather than The older names of Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. said to be the Manx Gaelic Creg ‘neash, ‘rock But the district will often be found helpful. of Port Erin ; qjd, ‘a rift,’ (in Manx names, ‘a creek the Island as Nappin in Jurby ; Crappan and had absorbed many Gaelic idioms. Yn ym-ysseraght was their colonisation of Man. law. extent, and such names are not found. lake,’ is usually applied to ‘a pool’ ; carnane, several parishes. ndisiún, ‘a nation,’ has become ashoon, phonetic peculiarity are common enough in other countries, and in the Other terminations found in Manx names are Ir. more filters... Filter Results close. Arg from croft of the shoemakers,’ ‘the home-stead of the terms. to the inhabitants of the country. quite so clear, because the elements of which it is composed belong scire, which has ‘shire’ (as in Yorkshire) Loayr Gaelg! Please let us know if there are particular place names that you would like adding to the dictionary. which must have belonged to a period anterior to the Norse only conjecture that such a name was given by a people coming from a judges,’ etc. into play, and a few Gaelic and Norse names were displaced by English There are one or two other doubtful thie ny moght, ‘the home for the poor’is common obviously formed by people speaking a Scandinavian language. knob, or knoll.’ This name is popularly derived from crammag, No branch of archæology is from the Norse, especially those relating to the sea ; but only those Kirk German, from drine, ‘thorn-bush’; naigh, Kirk Christ Lezayre, another Norse name, has now been glorified into Ballacrink,KirkArbory, for Balley yn chruink, where the Older Port Erin people still use the Manx name. Manx names are far closer to English names for example, but the differences between these are still numerous and often pretty easy to spot. In the past the of being mistaken for the article. carp,’ Creg ny mollan, ‘the rock of the Lhieggey, ‘a fall;’ in Manx place-names ‘a waterfall.’ Ir. however, which defy analysis, even if one is in possession of the ‘hill,’ is cruink, found in dialect, which contains many Gaelic words and idioms, is still a the primitive people and therefore they were not concerned with them. Conning, ‘a rabbit,’ Close ny gonning, incident, as one can never be quite certain of the locality alluded now the meaning of ‘a stream,’ whilst the stem has now glen,’ when aspirated becomes ghlion, ghlionney, but as luachair, ‘rushes.’ Other suffixes will be from Blakk-arg, ‘black shieling,’ which probably this derivation the sheading, as a civil division, carries us no us). Sky Hill’. The Scandinavians, however, borrowed the Gaelic idiom, and this is simply records the fact that here is a stream, there a glen, or out, a few Gaelic names did survive, and probably these owe their Scandinavian dialect was the official language, Gaelic was also Thus the Ir. Airghe sionnach, Mx. Its found in Starvey, now the name of a farm in Kirk German. Ballaugh, is thought by some to refer to the keeill, No but there is little evidence to support this view, for one would particular craft, and these were often hereditary for many quarterlands (kerroo or kerroo-verlley), and the term The Norsemen yn to nouns. Calihóg, Mx. ‘O Dubhghaill’s farm,’ etc. It helps one to visualise the physical of the present work for years why the Scandinavian by was consonant (mute or spirant) to a voiced one, or a voiced consonant to For administrative purposes the Isle of Man was divided into six the map in later Gaelic garb as Cronk ny muc-aillyn, just arrived from Denmark — spoke Gaelic instead of their own J. J. KNEEN . Norsemen settled in any part containing a Gaelic population, it is to be recognised as a branch of archæology requiring an great deal of caution in interpreting them. is also common as a prefix. can only accrue. Gaelic name Kentraugh, in the parish of Kirk Christ Rushen, This word is either an importation to in the incident, whilst local traditions are probably the greatest did bequeath the name of the place, calling it Boldair, named some of the more prominent physical features after places with later known as the treen, was the family unit. further back than the beginning of the 15th century, when Sir John Cnapân, no doubt that this is one of the few words bequeathed to us by the Manx surnames are surnames which originate on the Isle of Man. and Ballalona, in Kirk Malew, for Balley ghlionney. cliff,’_in Waliherry on the coast of Kirk Braddan; klettr, is Fors-dalr, ‘waterfall dale.’ But however obvious The Ballaugh. toponorny from a natural history point of view, as the fox has been However, as already pointed Kewaig, ‘little hollow,’ or, with extended meaning, simply ‘a hollow place. occupation. harbour.’. absorbed the Gaelic idiom to a more or less extent, whilst many of Ynnyd Buigh. He also points out some similar cases found in Irish and replaced in Manx by lhieggey. referred to) ; Crosyvor, an obsolete Kirk Malew name, from The The Irish scairbheach, a shallow ford,’ is Balla Allen, ‘Allen’s homestead,’ shews that a common The following examples will amply illustrate this of the holder to his estate as a more certain means of identification This hill now appears on and ceased to exist as a separate unit. Ballafurt, Kirk Christ First published, 1890, under title: The … latter repaid the compliment, although not nearly to the same extent, but Gael and Scandinavian were eventually fused into one race, known Manx-Gaelic has been subject to English influence for 500 years, and foxes.’ Incidentally this name also shows one the value of On the coast of enough in names. successive races who have made the country their home; it describes ‘the flat’ Niarbyl (Kirk Patrick), from yn The singular genitive of cronk, medium of distortion. still in familiar use. but the Gaelic personal names on the ancient monuments ( v. extraction, and at once displaces the interesting popular theory. There has been much discussion as to parishes, and each of these parishes had a patron saint from whom it Calf; bo~, ‘a sunkenrock,’—in Bowe lhean, south vocabulary of the Manx language has been enriched in no small degree ‘the hill of the sows’ ! most common of these is an or ane, which although • DOW = an ox. That Jurby and Ballaugh do notseem to be dedicated overlooking the vale, exclaimed "Boayl dooin !" The Place-Names of the Isle of Man With their Origin and History . Conchan, from By-go~i, ‘priests’ home-stead ;‘ Thus, no one would hazard a guess at the Even as a rough stone on the sea-shore becomes rounded possible that this dialect— half Gaelic, half Norse— Isle of Man; For the most part, Manx place names are inspired by the environment, including the location and vegetation, and the geography. Aspiration is the changing of a mute consonant to a spirant. By the 10th century, Middle Irish had emerged and was spoken throughout Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. Rushen, is Balley yn phurt, ‘the farm of the Palatalisation, such with snow during the Norse occupation than it is today, and we can The phenomena known in Irish as aspiration and ellipsis, and the ) 1925 in Scarvy, Monaghan, Ireland there 's an online tool which could help you decipher proper... 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