136 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 
There are many words beginning with ceann, a head, whose Gaelic 
origin is quite evident, e.g. :— 
Kentraugh, ceann, a head ; and traiyhe, shore. 
Kiondroghad, ceann and drochail, bridge. 
Kenmoy, ceann and magh, a plain. 
Kinskae, ceann and sgiath, a wing. 
Kionsleau, ceann and sliabh. . 
Kenna, ceann and ath, a ford. 
Such words as these indicate at once that they are of Gaelic origin, 
‘and that the Celts who imposed such names on the prominent phy- 
sical features of the Isle of Man spoke the language which has been 
perpetuated over many centuries in the Highlands of Scotland. 
Lhergydoo, Jeary, a slope, and dubh, black. 
Slegaby, slige, a shell ; and huitlhe, yellow. 
Keillvael, ci/Z and maol, bare. 
Douglas, dubh and glas, grey. 
Sulby, swi/, an eye ; and buidhe, yellow. 
Lazayre, dios, a fort ; and airidh, a shealing. 
Lhen moar, /ean, a plain ; and mor, large. 
Garff, garbh : rough. 
raddan : a salmon, 
Cas na h-owne; the foot of the water. 
Strathallan, srath, a valley ; and aluinn, splendid. 
Cloughbane, clach, a stone ; and ban, white. 
Loughan a yeeah, lochan a little lake ; and geadh, a goose. 
Cregnesh, creag, a rock ; and inns, an island. 
Caoilban, caol, narrow ; and ban, white. 
It would be very easy to adduce examples in abundance from the 
Topography of Scotland and Ireland in which such roots are present, 
as baile, amhuinn, monadh, cill, magh, maol, creag, sgeir, enoc, loch, 
gleann, port, innis, learg, ceann, rudha, clach ; roots which are of con- 
stant occurrence in the Topography of the Isle of Man. It is reason- 
able to conclude, that the power of the Gaels in the Isle of Man was 
paramount at some time in the far-off past, seeing that the successive 
waves of conquest which passed over the Island have failed to obliter- 
ate the traces of the Gael, and to destroy the proofs that names of 
rivers and hills and valleys furnish, regarding the people whose time 
of predominant occupation was so long as to enable them to leave 
