Adrienne,
I wasn't at the dance that night and I don't know much about "Cornelly" however to put you out of your misery:-
If we have the correct John Quayle and his family on the night of the 1851 census then we can follow the footsteps of the enumerator
Probably He! was in the Greeba area of southern German
on the original image he also visits Ballacurry and Rhenny
Heading south up the narrow sided valley/Glen we come to the Cornelly area (OS grid ref. SC296796)
This is a disused lead mine area which operated intermittently between 1845 and 1884.
It was one of eight main mining areas on the Island.
Cornelly originally meant "Hill of the Fort"
Some remains of the mine workings/buildings are still to seen and Cornelly House still remains.
Amost opposite is a lane with another farmhouse which I do not know the name of.
Maybe Mary M. will take a little drive!
In the above census entry John is at "Lhergy" which was a small farm in that area.
"Lhergy" is another of those general manx gaelic terms (Cronk may be a pimple in the road) sometimes used for a farm on the hillside.
It was usually small and of poor quality.
Peter.