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Ballure | |
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Looking south along Ballure Road to Ballure Halt | |
Location within the Isle of Man | |
Parish | Maughold |
Sheading | Garff |
Crown dependency | Isle of Man |
Post town | ISLE OF MAN |
Dialling code | 01624 |
Police | Isle of Man |
Fire | Isle of Man |
Ambulance | Isle of Man |
Ballure is a small hamlet about 0.75 mile southeast of Ramsey on the Isle of Man. A stop on the Manx Electric Railway which runs through it is the Ballure Halt (or Ballure Glen) station. The latter lies just to the south of the boundary of Ramsey, and thus lies in the ward (and traditional parish) of Maughold within the current administrative parish (and traditional sheading) of Garff.
Arthur William Moore reported that there was a sighting of the glashtin or Cabbyl-Ushtey, a water-horse of Manx legend at Ballure Glen in 1859. [1]
Laxey is a village on the east coast of the Isle of Man. Its name derives from the Old Norse Laxa meaning 'Salmon River'. Its key distinguishing features are its three working vintage railways and the largest working waterwheel in the world. It is also the location of King Orry's Grave.
The music of the Isle of Man reflects Celtic, Norse and other influences, including those from its neighbours, Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales. The Isle of Man is a small island nation in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland.
Michael Sheading is a sheading in the Isle of Man. Michael District is also a traditional parish. Michael Sheading has, according to the 2011 census, 3,568 residents. It is a mainly agricultural area on the west coast of the island. It was until 2016 a House of Keys constituency.
Lezayre is a parish in the Sheading of Ayre and lies central and north in the Isle of Man. The parish is bounded by Michael and Ballaugh to the west, Andreas and Bride to the north, the town of Ramsey and the parishes of Lonan and Maughold to the east, and Braddan to the south. Its area is about 57 square kilometres (22 sq mi).
Andreas is a parish in the sheading of Ayre in the north of the Isle of Man. The other two parishes in Ayre are Bride and Lezayre. Andreas borders Jurby to the west, Bride to the east and Lezayre to the south. The Irish Sea is to the north.
Fenodyree is sometimes used as a proper name and sometimes as the name of a class of mythical beings, the latter of which is a hairy little creature, a sort of sprite or fairy in the folklore around the Isle of Man. The name derives from the Manx words fynney, 'hair, fur' and oashyree, 'stockings', or possibly from Swedish: fjun, lit. 'down'.
Glashtyn is a legendary creature from Manx folklore. The word glashtin is thought to derive from Celtic Old Irish: glais, glaise, glas, meaning "stream", or sometimes even the sea.
11th Milestone, Isle of Man is situated between the 11th and 12th Milestone racing road-side markers on the Snaefell Mountain Course used for the Isle of Man TT races on the primary A3 Castletown to Ramsey Road which forms the boundary between the parishes of German and Michael in the Isle of Man.
Gooseneck, Isle of Man, is an acute uphill right-bend on the Snaefell Mountain Course used for the TT motorcycle races between the 25th and 26th Milestone racing road-side markers, on the 37+ mile circuitous-course, measured from the startline at the TT Grandstand.
Ramsey Hairpin is a point on the Snaefell Mountain Course used for the Isle of Man TT races on the Snaefell Mountain Road, designated as A18, in the parish of Maughold in the Isle of Man.
Glen Duff is a point on the Mountain Course used for the Isle of Man TT and Manx Grand Prix races situated between the 21st and 22nd Milestone road-side markers on the 37+ mile circuitous road-race course, measured from the startline at the TT Grandstand,
Ballure Halt is an intermediate stopping place on the northern section of the Manx Electric Railway on the Isle of Man.
Tower Bends is a point on the Snaefell Mountain Course used for the Isle of Man TT races on the Snaefell Mountain Road, designated A18, in the parish of Maughold in the Isle of Man.
Waterworks, Isle of Man, sometimes known as Waterworks Corner, is a point on the Snaefell Mountain Course used for the Isle of Man TT races on the Snaefell Mountain Road, designated as A18, in the parish of Maughold in the Isle of Man.
Josephine Kermode (1852–1937) was a Manx poet and playwright better known by the pen name "Cushag".
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