Ronaldsway

Ronaldsway (Manx: Roonysvaie) is a place in the parish of Malew in the south of the Isle of Man, between the village of Ballasalla and the town of Castletown.

It is notable as being the location of Isle of Man Airport and historically RNAS Ronaldsway, together with the adjoining customs free zone and industrial estate.

The place name is derived from the Old Norse personal name Rǫgnvaldr and the Old Norse element vað meaning "ford". It is possible that the eponym of Ronaldsway is Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles (died 1229). The site was once a landing place for Castle Rushen and Castletown. Ronaldsway first appears on record in the Chronicle of Mann, which documents an instance when Rǫgnvaldr's half-brother, Óláfr (died 1237), landed on the island in 1224, and confronted him for a share of the kingdom.

Ronaldsway is the site of the Battle of Ronaldsway, fought in October 1275, in which a Manx revolt led by Guðrøðr Magnússon (fl. 1275) was crushed by Scottish royal forces.

Ronaldsway is one of the 22 coastal weather stations whose conditions are reported in the BBC Shipping Forecast.

There is a request stop on the Isle of Man Steam Railway located just west of the Ronaldsway Industrial Estate on the Silverburn river.

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