Placenames of the Isle of Man, Volume 1: Sheading of Glenfaba (Kirk Patrick, Kirk German and Peel)

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by  George Broderick

George Broderick
PLACENAMES OF THE
ISLE OF MAN

George Broderick
PLACENAMES OF THE
ISLE OF MAN
Volume One
SHEADING OF GLENFABA
(Kirk Patrick, Kirk German, and Peel)
compiled unter the auspices of the
Manx Placename Survey
Max Niemeyer Verlag Tübingen
1994
Da Ny Manninee Dooie
Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme
Broderick, George:
Placenames of the Isle of Man / George Broderick. - Tübingen : Niemeyer.
Vol. 1. Sheading of Glenfaba : (Kirk Patrick, Kirk German, and Peel). - 1994
ISBN 3-484-40138-9 (Gesamtwerk); 3-484-40129-x (Band 1)
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction xi
Maps xli
SHEADING OF GLENFABA
Abbreviations & Bibliography 1
Kirk Patrick 16
Kirk German & Peel 173
-Kirk German 175
-Peel 298
Fishing Marks off Peel 332
Appendix A: Committee of Highways Report 1760 341
Appendix B: Schedule of Peel Street Names 1874 345
Index 354

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The following have given financial support to the work that has resulted in this
volume, the first of six, on the placenames of the Isle of Man:
Rev. Robert L.Thomson of Ballabeg, Castletown, Isle of Man, and formerly
Reader in Celtic Studies in the University of Leeds, whose generosity gave the
survey its first impetus.
The Director and Governing Body of the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin
Institute for Advanced Studies for funding to support various field-trips in 1989
and 1990.
The Chairman and Committee of the Manx Heritage Foundation for funding, in
the first instance, a field-trip in August 1990 and, secondly, for assisting in the
purchase of a personal computer and printer and the supporting software.
The Bank of Ireland (Isle of Man) Ltd for assisting in the purchase of the
aforementioned equipment, and Computer Systems Ltd (Isle of Man) for
installing and servicing this equipment free of charge.
The President and Fellows of the British Academy for grants in 1991 and 1992.
The Director and Trustees of the Leverhulme Trust for a generous grant which
enabled Dr Broderick to devote three academic years of full-time work to the
survey. During this period he has completed the collection, in manuscript and
on audio-tape, of oral material for the whole Island, completed the collection of
field-names from all available sources for the whole Island, and completed the
collection and analysis of material from all known documentary sources for the
Sheading of Glenfaba (the parishes of Kirk Patrick, Kirk German, and the town
of Peel).
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The University of Wales at Aberystwyth for administering the Leverhulme
Grant without charge.
To all these Dr Broderick and I would wish to extend our wannest and sincerest
thanks for their interest and support.
Emrys Evans
Professor of Irish
The University of Wales at Aberystwyth
Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following for their invaluable help
and criticism in the preparation of this work:
To the consultants Dr Gillian Fellows-Jensen, Institut for Navneforskning,
University of Copenhagen, and Mr Robert L Thomson, former Reader in Celtic
Studies, University of Leeds, for the benefit of their expertise and advice at
every stage in the analysis and interpretation of the Gaelic, Scandinavian, and
other elements in the place-name text of this corpus.
To members of Yn Cheshaght Ghailckagh (Manx Language Society), especially
to Mr Juan Crellin, St. Jude's, for setting up initial contacts for the oral part of
the Survey.
To the informants themselves, the many Manx men and women, some of whom
have now passed on, who willingly and enthusiastically gave their time and
energy in furnishing the Survey with the benefit of their knowledge of Manx
place-names.
To retired headmaster and Manx local historian Mr Fred Radcliffe, Onchan, for
the benefit of his specialised local knowledge and advice regarding existing
names and his recommendations for additional material to be included.
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To genealogist Mr Nigel G Crowe, Douglas, for valued guidance in the
"geography" of the documentary sources and their relationship to one another,
and for some helpful suggestions of interpretation.
To Mrs Pauline Oliver, Ballaquane, Peel, for allowing access to the seven
private notebooks belonging to her late grandfather Mr C Harry Cowley, Peel.
These contain a reservoir of very localised names, predominantly field names.
To Mr Leslie Quilliam, Peel, for additional information regarding Peel place-
names.
To the Isle of Man Bank, Ramsey, for storing in their vaults free of charge the
original reel-to-reel tapes of the oral survey.
Last but not least, to the Archivist and Librarian Ms. Miriam Critchlow, and the
staff at the Manx Museum Library, Douglas, for their generous help and
assistance in providing access to the documentary material.
To all these Professor Evans and I would like to extend our sincerest thanks and
gratitude for their encouragement and support
George Broderick
Manx Place-Name Survey
(University of Wales at Aberystwyth)
Ramsey
Isle of Man.
Laa Boaldyn 1994.