The 1889 Porter directory lists the name as mcleavy, tenant farmer at ballaoates in german.The 1881 census shows the mcleavy family in peel(german).John Mcleavy was a fish buyer from ireland. He and his wife mary lived at 21 bridge st peel. They had five children by 1881 one of which was john aged 14. It is this son who probably was the farmer at ballaoates, a site between st johns and foxdale.