184 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 
Treland, that begin with Baile, will show that there is a great simi- 
larity if not an identity between them. It will be sufficient to ad- 
duce a few examples of the presence of Baile in the Topography of 
Man :— 
Bailegawne, baile’ghobhainn : the smith’s town. 
Builenahown, baile na h-aimhne: the town of the river. 
Balladoole, baile ’n tulaich : the town of the knoll. 
Ballaquane, baile’chuain: the town of the ocean. 
Ballaquinney, baile’chuinne : the town of the corner. 
Balnabarna, baile and bearna, a gap or fissure. 
Ballamahow, baile and magh, a field ; Irish, Mayo. 
Baldwin, baile and aoduinn, a brow or face. 
Ballamona, baile and monadh, a moor. 
Ballawhane, buile and waine, green. 
Ballaharry, Ballaghwraidh, baile and garadh, a den. 
Balloun, baile and amhainn, a river. 
Ballaglass, baile and glas, grey. 
Bula Kilmorrey, baile, cill, a church or graveyard, and Muire, 
Mary. 
Ballysallach, baile and salach, filthy. 
Ballaugh, bealach, Balloch : an opening or defile. 
Ballamonamoar, baile and monadh mor, the large moor. 
Ballure, bale and wr, new. 
Ballacowle, bacle and cuil, a corner. 
Ballacooley, baile and coille, a wood. 
dallaliece, baile and leac, a flat stone. 
Ballacreggan, baile and creag, a rock. 
Ballamagher, baile and machair, a field. 
Ballnakilley, baile and cill, a church-yard. 
Ballaskyr, baile and sgeir, a rock. 
Ballabooie, baile and buidhe, yellow. 
Words identical with those which have now been cited, are of fre- 
quent occurrence in the Topography of Scotland and Ireland. I have 
given the Gaelic derivation or equivalent of the names which have 
been taken from the Topography of the Isle of Man. Their Gaelic 
origin is unmistakable ; and hence the inference may be reasonably 
drawn, that the same people gave names in the Isle of Man, in Scot- 
land, and in Ireland, to the places in which Baile is found as one of 
