page_title: The Deemster
section_title: Locations
hierarchical_section_title: The Deemster / Locations
caption_attribution_description: English: Kirk Michael beach. Isle of Man. Taken looking NNW towards Orrisdale Head.
context_page_description: The Deemster is a novel by Hall Caine published in 1887, considered to be the first 'Manx novel'. It was Caine's third novel, the second to be set in the Isle of Man and it was his first great success. The plot revolves around the reckless actions of Dan Mylrea and the exile and atonement that follow.
context_section_description: Bishop's Court, Michael: The home of the Bishop, Gilcrist Mylrea, and Dan's childhood home.
  Ballamona Farm: The sites of the two Mylrea family homes. This may be based upon the farm Ballamona Mooar, located 6 km NE of Kirk Michael, a short distance from The Cronk on the edge of the Curraghs and near the sea. It is a short distance from Ballamona Beg, coinciding with Caine's narrative. Ballamona was the name of a treen (historical subdivision of a parish) in that area, and is derived from balley ny moaney ("farm by the turf").
  The Three Legs of Man pub: Where Dan is found "roistering" with his fishermen friends. This is almost certainly the Mitre pub in Kirk Michael, as is made clear when he passes the pub immediately upon leaving Ewan's funeral in the churchyard nearby.
  'Orris Head': The location of the fight between Dan and Ewan, where Ewan falls to his death upon the rocks below. This is Orrisdale Head, although the reality is some way from Caine's description: the "head" is on a straight stretch of coastline, and the "summit" is an indistinct rise above the rest of the sandy cliffs along the coastline.
  Peel Castle: The location of Dan's first imprisonment, from where the fishermen abduct him.
  Disused mining hut: The site of the final showdown between Dan and the fishermen, where his life is saved at the last by Mona and the authorities. This disused mine exists and is clearly described in the novel to be where, today, the Millennium Way crosses Sulby River (near its source), to the south-west of Snaefell.
  Castle Rushen, Castletown: The location of Dan's and the fishermen's second imprisonment, and of Dan's trial.
  Tynwald Hill: The place where the sentencing of Dan Mylrea is announced.
  A hut near Cregneash: The eventual home of Dan during his exile. This is identified as being near the Chasms, overlooking the sea near the cliffs, and backing onto a hill, from the top of which Cregneash can be seen. This hill is almost certainly to be identified with that where a radio mast stands today.
caption: The beach near Orrisdale Head, the apparent summit where Ewan Mylrea falls to his death on the rocks.
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