__NOTOC__ Ballagarraghyn (, "farm of O'Dorchan's") is a

farm A farm (also called an agricultural holding) is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production. The name is used fo ...

situated between the 7th milestone and 8th Milestone road-side markers on the primary A1

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to Peel road in the parish of

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in the

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Motor-sport heritage

The Ballagarraghyn section of the A1 Douglas to Peel road was part of the short

Highland Course Highroads Course was a road-racing circuit used for the Gordon Bennett British Eliminating Trial held in the Isle of Man for the 1904 and 1905 Tourist Trophy Race involving touring automobiles and cars. The events were held on public roads clos ...

(40.38 miles) from 1906 and the also the 37.50 Mile

Four Inch Course The Four Inch Course was a road-racing circuit first used for the 1908 Tourist Trophy Race for cars, held on public roads closed for racing by an Act of Tynwald (the parliament of the Isle of Man). The name of the course derives from the regu ...

used for car racing including the RAC Tourist Trophy car races held between 1906 and 1922. 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. In

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

, the

was first used by the Auto-Cycling Union for the

Isle of Man TT The Isle of Man TT or Tourist Trophy races are an annual motorcycle racing event run on the Isle of Man in May/June of most years since its inaugural race in 1907. The event is often called one of the most dangerous racing events in the world ...

motorcycle races. This included the Ballagarraghyn and Gorse Lea section and the course later became known as the 37.73 mile

Isle of Man TT Mountain Course The Isle of Man TT Mountain Course or ''TT Course'' is a street and public rural road circuit located in the Isle of Man, used for motorcycle racing. The motorcycle ''TT Course'' is used principally for the Isle of Man TT Races and also the sep ...

which has been used since 1911 for the

Races and from 1923 for the

Manx Grand Prix The Manx Grand Prix motorcycle races are held on the Isle of Man TT Course (or 'Snaefell Mountain Course, Mountain Circuit') every year for a two-week period, usually spanning the end of August and early September. New for 2022 is a period re ...

races.

Road improvements

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 The 1954 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the second race in the 1954 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and proved highly controversial for TT Course and race changes. The 1954 Junior TT was the first race where the official race distance was re ...

races.''Isle of Man Times'' page 6 Saturday 29 May 1954

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Ballagarraghyn __NOTOC__ Ballagarraghyn (, "farm of O'Dorchan's") is a farm situated between the 7th milestone and 8th Milestone road-side markers on the primary A1 Douglas to Peel road in the parish of German in the Isle of Man. Motor-sport heritage The Ba ...

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