Ballaugh

Ballaugh (/bəˈlæf/ bə-LAF;[1] from Manx Balley ny Loghey 'town of the lake', IPA: [b(alən)əˈlaf])[2] is a small village in the Isle of Man in the parish of the same name, in the sheading of Michael.[3] The parish adjoins Jurby to the north, Lezayre to the east, Michael to the south and south-west, and the Irish Sea to the west.The name 'Ballaugh' derives from the Manx Balley ny Loghey or "the place of the lake" cognate with loch and lough.In 1819 a nearly fully intact skeleton of an Irish Elk was discovered in bog land by Thomas Kewish and James Taubmann in Ballaugh.The village was served by Ballaugh Station which was part of the Manx Northern Railway that ran between St. John's and Ramsey.There is one pub in Ballaugh – the "Raven" – and one convenience store, operated by Spar, which incorporates a post office.The land on which the first Ballaugh Village Wesleyan Methodist Chapel stood was sold in 1778 to Thomas Clark for £2.
The Raven public house
New parish church
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