What does Creg-ny-Baa mean in Manx?

In Manx, Creg-ny-Baa means “rock of the cow.”

Creg-ny-Baa is both a place-name and a famous right-hand corner on the Snaefell Mountain Course. The bend lies on the A18 Mountain Road at the junction with the Creg-ny-Baa Back Road, near the Keppel Hotel and its Creg-ny-Baa pub.

The name is part of the Manx landscape vocabulary preserved in many TT landmarks. “Creg” refers to a rock or rocky feature, while “baa” means cow; the phrase is therefore a literal landscape name rather than the name of a rider or a racing incident.

Creg-ny-Baa is also a well-known spectator location and one of the course’s official fan zones. It sits at about the 34.5-mile point of a lap, after Keppel Gate and before Gob-ny-Geay. It is easy to confuse the name with nearby landmarks, but it is not a hill of the fox, a sheep field or a river crossing.