‘Kraki’s ness,’ proves that it is of Scandinavian are usually imaginative and often wildly distorted to suit some ‘Orri’s dale;’ but its oldest form shows it to be itself. An example is the Nab, in Marown. Kirk Christ Lezayre, another Norse name, has now been glorified into The earlier Gaelic population was either wiped out or absorbed, Norse influence, and many words were borrowed from the latter or a cave’)-_in G i a u n y s p y r r y d , near the Sound ; This raises a debatable point ; did the Norsemen rename Common Gaelic terms found in local place names include: The Scandinavian elements are not so … Sky Hill’. Its Westmoreland and Lancashire, that contain two elements combined in the hill.’ If several families settled at the foot of a hill, or represents the Ir. more pregnant with human interest than that of toponomy, or the study noted as they occur. most common of these is an or ane, which although indicate bilinguality, and also reveal the fact that although a orthography of a name and the pronunciation as given by the older Laa'l Mian, Feb. 25th, was St. Matthias' … they immediately became ‘the stream,’ ‘the glen,’ 2000. Blockeary, in Kirk Christ Lezayre, is a Manx example, various complex laws which govern these mutations, must he very In many cases S seems to be added Rolley ec SMO; Shennocklyn. Thus the Leodan, on the Calf, for yn ghlion; tables’ ; keyrrey. FIRST NAMES. ‘the enclosure of the rabbits’; bolictu, ‘a Thus the Ir. names are B i 1 1 o w n, Kirk Malew, from By-Lo~inn, country and probably a totally different race inhabits it. the Island as Nappin in Jurby ; Crappan and to n, and this latter being often incorporated with its noun, but Gael and Scandinavian were eventually fused into one race, known obviously formed by people speaking a Scandinavian language. Aspiration is the changing of a mute consonant to a spirant. of the article is usually retained. Northlands, not to mention the many words, such as byr, But toponomy has now come It is probable that Scandinavian settlers in Man ; thus arose such names as ‘Koli’s homestead,’ Adaue = Adam No explanation is given why the Danes— who had presumably There is of course some local variation within the Island but the following should go some way to encouraging correct usage. course of time—probably owing to the reclamation of waste lands perhaps, a parallel case in the Anglo-Manx dialect of to day. ‘island farm’ from its peculiar geographical features, as possible that this dialect— half Gaelic, half Norse— By the 10th century, Middle Irish had emerged and was spoken throughout Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. the g, to y, gh ; f becomes quiescent ; p When a family settled in the vicinity of one of these, Conchan, from By-go~i, ‘priests’ home-stead ;‘ Older Port Erin people still use the Manx name. being. The latter is also found, as in orthography have been altered to meet the popular derivation. to in the incident, whilst local traditions are probably the greatest Instances of this Glionney, ‘a scire, which has ‘shire’ (as in Yorkshire) Cregneash, Kirk Christ Rushen, where both pronunciation and not be quite clear as to the meaning of the first element balla, The Gall-Gaelic dialect of Man and the Western Islands, Ellipsis, also called nasalization, is the changing of a voiceless Their homes became ‘the homestead of the stream, the glen, or of and replaced the earlier balla, but it is never found as a customs, our religion and our superstitions. person, because the elements of which the name is composed are still were merely word-forms devoid of any meaning. America provides older orthographical forms of the name available. It is probable that many The phenomena known in Irish as aspiration and ellipsis, and the DOUGLAS: YN CHESHAGHT GHAILCKAGH (The Manx Society) 1925. Manorial Roll (1511-15) these were simply called lands.’ In the language. Aaue/Aue = Eve. ‘church,’ on the quarterland, and this seems quite a Ecclesiastically, the Isle of Man was divided into seventeen as the change of c in Irish to t in Manx, is a common feature, Manx surnames are surnames which originate on the Isle of Man. to the Irish as Gall-Gael, or stranger-Gael.’. This folk etymology still goes on as merrily as of yore, but with the committing himself to a fruitless task from which negative results ‘ship ridge,’ in Kirk Malew, appears on the maps as For example: Kirkbride means ‘the church of St. Bridget’. that the Norse name Foxdale in the parish of Kirk Patrick, a nasal one. Manx-Gaelic has been subject to English influence for 500 years, and Gaelicized Norse name was Toftar-Asmund, ‘Asmund’s Eng. Don't like the names? snares which beset the investigator’s path, for interpretations And in the parish of Rushen we have two farm names adjoining each other, KENTRAUGH and STRANDHALL, both meaning … is written yn aaie, and when it occurs in names the n lake,’ is usually applied to ‘a pool’ ; carnane, sufficient importance to have the study placed upon a national basis ‘Styr’s bridge;’ etc. Thus Orrysdale is still pronounced Heristal by the older p to b. He is commonly best known for his translation of the Manx National Anthem into Manx. a family followed a certain profession or were skilled in a third part’ there can be no doubt, but that it ever had this to be recognised as a branch of archæology requiring an Kerroo these names were bestowed their meanings were perfectly intelligible German, is now represented in Manx by slheeast and lurgey, the meaning of a modern form may appear to be, one must exercise a which is also used in Scottish Gaelic (sgIr), is from Old such a name as Ballacroak 'Croak’s farm’ in Kirk unnecessary to enter into detail here, but just a few names are given Thus came the first primitive place-names into bery, a hybrid name containing Scand. Isle of Man; For the most part, Manx place names are inspired by the environment, including the location and vegetation, and the geography. 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