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In 1822, the vessel ‘Racehorse’ was lost off Langness on the Skerranes, about …

I have heard an old story that long ago there used to be …

“Big Robin, big Robin, take a smoke, take a smoke, take a smoke.” …

At a certain time of the year, the young men and young women …

Oh! lament for the days that are past and gone, When the sun …

Saint Conan (7th century – January, 684), also rarely known as Saint Mochonna, …

The Isle of man is full of Fairy lore.  A good Manxman does …

There was a curious belief that the cats of the Isle of Man …

And then there was the Miller’s Cat who seems to have had the …

The Isle of Man was known to the authors of the Old Irish …

Nennius was a Welsh monk of the 9th century who is traditionally attributed …

A talking mongoose in the 1930s received extensive press coverage, attracted ghost-busters, psychic …

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