Historic estate and locality in the south of the Isle of Man, in Kirk Christ Rushen.

Kentraugh appears prominently in the evidence surrounding the Manx rising of 1651. William Qualtrough of Kentraugh was one of the men accused of organising resistance to the Stanley government before Parliamentary forces took the Island.

William Gawne, Captain of Kirk Christ Rushen, later deposed that when he became aware of “a murmeringe” among his company for a rising, William Qualtrough was “the chiefest actor”. According to Gawne, Qualtrough had already assembled the company at the hill of Kentraugh before Gawne arrived from Castletown on Head Court day.

The company then marched to Ronaldsway. Gawne stated that Qualtrough advised him to bring them there and also alleged that Comptroller Sharples knew of the rising.

Other depositions place Qualtrough within the preparations before the mobilisation. Robert Norris recalled him discussing the likelihood of a rising in the weeks before it occurred, while evidence concerning the circulation of the cross — the traditional summons to assemble — also names him.

Kentraugh also marked part of the boundary of the Lord's protected warren around Castle Rushen. An order defining the area ran from the castle to “Kentraugh Burne”, followed that burn inland and continued towards the Santon boundary. Shooting wildfowl and hunting or coursing hares within the circuit were restricted.

Later place-lore remembered a Gawne of Kentraugh keeping a pack of harriers. Gill recorded a coastal place where dead hares were said to have been found after being chased over the cliff by the pack.