On Christmas Eve, called in Manx, “Oie’l Verrey,” the Eve of Mary, a singular and interesting custom is observed, which attracts large numbers to the parish church for the purpose …
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Update 21/12/19: It seems there is a query and this may not be a high tide marker after all as someone has said it is an OS datum marker so …
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20+ Manx Gaelic Christmas and New Year greetings, toasts and phrases with pronunciation guides. Some are suitable for a wedding toast too. Enjoy! ♦ NOLLICK (pron. ‘nullig’) = Christmas/Yule …
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There’s a biting wind today whistling and moaning outside Jurby Church but inside it’s lovely and warm with the delightful combined aromas of cakes and candles! The Christmas Fayre is …
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The longest story in the Chronicles of Mann (created c.1262) tells of the wonderful miracle performed by virtue of the staff of Saint Maughold, the patron saint of the parish …
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The bulk of our place-names according to Marstrander (Norwegian linguist and Prof. of Celtic Studies in Oslo) belong to the period subsequent to Norse times. This raises a debatable point; …
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This dramatic oil painting, ‘The Wreck of the St George‘ illustrates a most epic rescue at sea. On Friday November 19, 1830, under the command of Lieutenant John Tudor R.N., …
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In the smuggling days of old, one of the Radcliffes of Gordon in Patrick, the heir, was engaged in the trade. In one of his journeys to Ireland he married …