Ballaugh

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Ballaugh

Details

Population:	868
Sheading:	Michael
Parish Church:	Ballaugh Village
Industry:	Agriculture

Main Peaks

	Height
Slieau Dhoo	424m
Mount Karrin	330m

Main Glens

Glen Dhoo,

Ravendale

Treens

Balymony	Balyskebag	Balycaine
Broctarge	Balyterson	Balyvall
Carnedall	Baly Curryn	Scrondall
Bishops Demesne

Ballaugh is a parish of the Isle of Man and has, according to the 2006 census 1042 (2001 census, 868) residents. It is mainly an agricultural district on the north-western coast of the island. The parish is one of three in the sheading of Michael. The other two are Jurby and Michael.

The local pub in Ballaugh "the Raven" has been recently refurbished and is now one of the nicer pubs in the Island's countryside. A good place to go for a couple of games of pool.

The village has one primary school, Ballaugh School, serving children between the ages of 4 and 11. Currently the school has about 80 pupils and Head Teacher is Mr Richard Clark. Main choice of secondary schools for the local children between the ages of 12- 18 tend to be either Queen Elizabeth II High School in Peel or Ramsey Grammar School in Ramsey.

There is one shop - the One Stop Shop which, as the name implies, sells a bit of everything and also includes a post office.

The village is situated on main A3 Castletown to Ramsey road, about 7 miles west of Ramsey. The village is famous for its hump-backed bridge and, during the annual TT and Manx Grand Prix races is a favourite spectator spot as it is always accessible, via Ramsey and Sandygate, when the roads are closed for racing.

A mile east of the village is the Wildlife Park, situated in the Ramsar Convention recognised and internationally important Ballaugh Curraghs wetland.

[edit] History

History Balluagh is "pretty boring really" - Sarah Killip, or, to put it another way, quiet and tranquil. The name 'Ballaugh' derives from the manx "Balla-ny-Loughy" or the place of the lake. The Ballaugh Curraghs is all that remains of the lake which gave Ballaugh its name. The lake, which measured up to a mile in length, was drained by the excavation, about 300 years ago of the silted-up Lhen trench which, during the ice-age, is believed to have been a melt-water channel flowing north to south from the melting ice front.