Part 6 of directory to various Manx 'Balla's - see Index
Ballagale
Rushen [Kn] (SC204703)
1511 M.R. Peter Gall.
1643 M.R. Robert Gell.
1703 M.R. Ballagell.
18I6. Tithe Plan. Ballagill.
Ir. Baile Gaill, 'Gall, Gale or Gell's farm.'
Ballagamell
Andreas [1881c] ()
Ballagaraghan
Jurby [1881c] (SC370993)
=Ballagharraghan
Ballagare
Lonan [1881c] (SC424845)
1643 M.R.
Mx. Balley giare ' Short farm.' Half quarterland in treen of Alia
Colby.
Ballagarey
Malew
[1881c] ()
1666 M.R. Ballagary.
Mx. Balley Garee, Ir. Baile Gaerthaigh, 'farm of the river
shrubbery.' Ab. F.
Marown
[1881c] (SC336786)
Marown
Ballagarey-beg [1881c] ()
Ballagarman
Patrick
[Kn] ()
1870 O/S Map Ballagarman
1883 Brown's Dir. Ballagarman(-german)
A modern name, formerly intack or waste land. Perhaps called
after Ballagarmin in Kirk Arbory.
Ballagarmin
Arbory
[Kn] (SC238707); Treen,
1511 M.R. Balycarmyk.
1643 M.R. Ballacarmick.
1703 M.R. Ballacarmin.
1823 M.R. Ballagarmin. Ballagarmick.
Ir. Baile Ui Carmaic, 'O'Cormac or Carmick's farm.' This name
may represent a saint, Carmac or Cormac, who is mentioned in
the 'Scottish Calenders of Saints.' There is the site of an
ancient church marked on the 6 inch. Ord. Sur. Map on this
Treen.
Ballagarraghyn
German
[1881c] (); Treen
1526 M.R. Balydorgan
1643 M.R. Balladoraughan
1703 M.R. Balla Gharrahen
'Dorgan or O'Dorgan's farm' Lost surname. The metamorphosis of
Dorgan or Doraughan into Garraghyn suggests that mac had
replaced-o before the name disappeared.
Ballagarret
Bride [1881c] ()
=Ballagarrett
1515 M.R. Paton Goldesmyth
1703 M.R. John Goldsmith
1703 M.R. Ballacarret
'Garrett or MacKeird's farm.' Goldsmith was appar-ently an
English rendering of MacKeird (now Garrett), 'craftsman's son,'
a name which was also common in the district.
[1881c] ()
1643 M.R. Ballagawne.
Probably a branch of the Gawnes of Kirk Conchan. Thomas McGawne
held a quarter of land in the treen of Tremsare, Kirk Conchan,
in 1511
[Kn] (SC)
1511. M.R. Henry McGawne.
1643.M.R. Wm. Gawne.
1703M.R. Edwd. Gawne.
1643.M.R. Ballagawne.
Ir. Baile Ui Gabhain, 'Gawne or Gavin's farm.'
In most surnames of this type, the prefix O (grand-son) was
either dropped altogether or replaced by mac (son).
Ballageary
Bride [1881c] ()
Ballagenney
Bride
[Kn] ()
1643 M.R. Ballagenny
1777 Dioc. Reg. Balnaghenneys Ayre
1796 Mon. Ins. Ballenegenney
Balley ne geinnagh, 'farm of the sands.'
[1881c] (SC315737)
1511 M.R. Nicholas Dik.
1603 M.R. Christo. Gick.
1703 M.R. Ballagick.
'Dik, or Gick's farm.'
Ballagilbert
Malew
[1881c] ()
1511 M.R. Reginald and Patrick McGibbon.
1703 M.R. Gilbert Cubon.
'Gilbert's farm.' Cubbon is a modern development of McGibbon,
whilst Gibbon is a Norman diminutive or pet form of
Gilbert.
Ballagill
Patrick
[Kn] ()
1882 Brown's Dir. Edward Gell
Gill or Gell's farm.' v. Ballagale in Kirk Christ Rushen.
[no Edward Gell in 1881 census - however an Ewan Gell was a
farmer of 600 acres]
Ballagilley
Malew
[Kn] ()
c.1376 Chron. Mann. Balagil.
'Gill's farm.' Canon Quine conjectures that this farm was held
by Gill the Prior (of St. Leoc's Monastery) mentioned as a
witness to a charter of Olave, King of Mann and the Isles, A.D.
1134. Ab. F.
Maughold
[1881c] (SC458914)
Treen.
1511 M.R. Balygill
1703 M.R. Ballagilly
'Gill or McGills' farm. This family had removed from this treen
before 1511
Ballaglass
Lonan
(SC405847)
1643 M.R. Ballaglass.
'Farm of the stream or streams.'
Maughold
(SC462903)
1703 M.R. Ballaglass
The second element is derived either from Glas, an Irish
surname, or glas 'a stream'. If the former, the name had
disappeared before written records.'Glas's farm' or Stream
farm.'
[1881c] (SC284741)
= Ballagrangey
1666 M.R. Balnygrangy.
Mx. Balley ny grangee, Ir. Baile na grainsigh, 'farm of the
Granary,' The Ir. grainseach (also the Manx form) comes from
the Eng. grange, and is applied to a store-house for grain,
usually a monastic granary. Balla-grangey was the granary farm
of Rushen Abbey. Ab. F.
Ballagraue
Braddan
[1881c] (SC)
Marown
[1881c] ()
=Ballagraw ?
1643 M.R. Ballnacraw.
1703 M.R. Balnagrawe.
1792 Dioc. Reg. Balgraue.
Mx. Balley ny gro, 'Farm of the nuts,'
v. Mullen-glonagroo. Possibly 'acorns' which are called 'oak
nuts'
Ballagrawe
see Ballagrow
Ballagreyney
Arbory
[Kn] ()
Ballagreyney
1643 M.R. Ballagreney.
1882 Brown's Direct. Ballagraney.
The second element is Old Eng. grene, 'a green common,' with
Gaelic genitive. 'The farm of the green.'
Ballagrow
Lonan
[1881c] (SC417810)
=Ballagrawe (later Coolroi)
1643 M.R. Ballagroa.
1867 Wood. Ballagrow.
Mx. Balley ny groa, 'Farm of the cotes or pens.'
see article re Edward Clague IOMFHS
vol 5 #3 p49/56
Ballagyr
German
[1881c] (SC262846)
1643 M.R. Ballagirr
Mx. Balley giere, 'short farm.' Ab. L.