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the constituent elements, and that the language which was then 
spoken in Man and Scotland and Ireland was one and the same. 
The names of hills and glens in the Isle of Man are likewise Gaelic,. 
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Slieu mayll, sliab*, hill : and maol, bare. 
Cronk na h--eiric, enoc, hill : eirig, a ransom. 
Cronk na Kielan, enoc, hill: and ceolan, faint music. 
Slieuwhallin, sliabh and aluinn, lovely. 
Cronk Keeillowan, cnoc, cill, and Hoghann Hugh : Ewan. 
Knockaloe, cnoc and loch, a lake. 
Cronk ny marroo, cnoc na marbh, dead. 
Slieudhoo, sliabh and dubh, black. 
Cronkbourne, cnoc and burn, water. 
Cronkurleigh, cnoc and iolaire, an eagle. 
Glentrammon, gleann, Manx glione, a valley, and druman, a ridge 
or boortree. 
Glen Darragh, g/eann and darach, oak. 
Glen Moy, gleann and magh, a plain. 
Glion Mooar, gleann and mor, large. 
Gliongawne, gleann and gobhainn. 
Glenfaba, gleann, faigh, pasture, and ba, cattle. 
Glencutchery, gleann and cruitearach, the occupation of a harper. 
Glendoo, glenn and dubh, black. 
So apparent is the Gaelic origin of the names of hills and valleys 
in Man, that any one who has a knowledge of Gaelic can with great 
facility determine the meaning of the names in question. 
Poolvash is compounded of poll, a pond or pool; and bas, death, 
the pool of death. 
Port ny-Hinshey, port, a harbour ; and tnnis, an island ; port na 
h-innse, the harbour of the island. Such was the original name: 
of the harbour of Peel. 
Maugherakew, machair, a plain ; and ceo, mist. 
Bowmaken, bogha, a bow ; and ceann, head. 
Rushen, rudha, a promontory ; and sean, old. 
Rue, rudha : a point. 
Rievalle, righ, a king, and baile. 
Ayre, wridh : a shealing. 
Shellach point, sezleach, willow. 
