Ballagarraghyn (Manx:[baləˈɡɑɾəxən], "farm of O'Dorchan's")[1] is a farm situated between the 7th milestone and 8th Milestone road-side markers on the primary A1Douglas to Peel road in the parish of German in the Isle of Man.
Motor-sport heritage
The Ballagarraghyn section of the A1 Douglas to Peel road was part of the short Highland Course (40.38 miles) from 1906[2] and the also the 37.50 Mile Four Inch Course used for car racing including the RAC Tourist Trophy car races held between 1906 and 1922.[3]
A section of the Douglas to Peel road from Ballacraine to Quarterbridge, Douglas, including Ballagarraghyn was used for the 1905 International Motor-Cycle Cup Races.[4]
The Greeba section on the primary A2 Douglas to Peel road was widened and reprofiled and the road jumps at the Highlander and also adjacent to Ballagarraghyn Cottages were removed for the 1954 Isle of Man TT races.[8][9]
^TT Pioneers – Early Car Racing in the Isle of Man page 22 Robert Kelly, Mercury Asset Management (1996)(1st Edition) The Manx Experience, The Alden Press ISBN No 1 873120 61 3
^Isle of Man Car Races 1904–1953 page 30 by Neil Hanson (2015) Lily Publications ISBN978-1-907945-36-6
^Manx Sun page 14 THE MOTOR CYCLES Saturday 3 June 1905
^The Manx Experience. A Souvenir Guide to the Isle of Man. page 66-67 Gordon N. Kniverton 8th edition The Manx Experience (1987) Mannin Publishing Ltd
^TT Special page 24 O-O ! LOOK WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO THE COURSE edited by G.S. Davison Friday 4 June 1954
^The History of the Manx Grand Prix page 7, 8, 9 by Bill Snelling Amulree Publishing(1998) Manx Heritage Foundation ISBN1 901508 04 8
^Isle of Man Examiner page 1 A SAFER TT COURSE Saturday 17 April 1954