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Manx Genealogy Archive 2

place names

i have found ancestors living at ballakilleyclue and ballakilley in kirk michael are they the same place,they were all farmers
then i found in lonan
baljean ballabeg ballacannell ballakilley ballacreggan and ballagarraghyn all farmers again -ballakilley appears in both lonan & k/michael

on sites such as slaters pigots directory etc i have found matches but there are different people registered
for example at ballabeg there maybe 2/3 different names
is this an area or a plot of land divided up