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Odd numbers belong to the gods above, even numbers to the gods below. …

Between Fleshwick Bay and Bradda Head there is a ‘Castle’ Rock, called Cashtal …

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If we turn back the pages of maritime history during the past couple …

The following is taken from an archived cache of the old gaelg.iofm.net site, …

On Christmas Eve, called in Manx, “Oie’l Verrey,” the Eve of Mary, a …

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Update 21/12/19: It seems there is a query and this may not be …

20+ Manx Gaelic Christmas and New Year greetings, toasts and phrases with pronunciation …

There’s a biting wind today whistling and moaning outside Jurby Church but inside …

The longest story in the Chronicles of Mann (created c.1262) tells of the …

The bulk of our place-names according to Marstrander (Norwegian linguist and Prof. of …

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This dramatic oil painting, ‘The Wreck of the St George‘ illustrates a most …

In the smuggling days of old, one of the Radcliffes of Gordon in …

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