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I really enjoy Kathleen Faragher’s work and have compiled this list of Manx …

It was St. Patrick’s Day and happened to be a Friday so was …

At last year’s Ellynyn ny Gael Exhibition of Traditional Arts (circa 1964) there …

The Fairy Washerwoman, also called the Washer of the Night, Washer at the …

Miss Margaret Dobbs, an authority on Celtic mythology, delivered a lecture at the …

A li’l breeze stroog-stroogs through the bracken As a bird from the gill …

The following description of the procedure at an old-time harvest-home is gathered from …

The Manx Church was very active in the detection and punishment of sexual …

Olave, son of Godred Crovan, began his reign over Mann and the Isles …

The numeral ‘three’ has some charm about it. King Cormac wrote a poem …

The Irish expressions “the Gentry” and “the Gentle Folk” were not bestowed on …

At the bottom of the Ballagilbert Glen on the Isle of Man lies …

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