Church Archives - As Manx as the Hills

Nelly Brennan – the Island’s Florence Nightingale

September 23, 2024 176 views

Eleanor Brennan (always known as Nelly), was born in Douglas …

Old Calendar Customs of the Isle of Man

August 25, 2024 335 views

Manx folklore is a curious mixture of that of various …

The Dungeon of St German’s Cathedral 1600-1800

March 26, 2024 1.2K views

Profanation on the Sabbath was one of the commonest offences …

St Adamnan’s Church, Lonan

March 7, 2020 4.2K views

St Adamnan’s Church, also known as “Lonan Old Church” and …

Oie’l Verrey – the Eve of Mary

December 24, 2019 3.6K views

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

Jurby Church Christmas Fayre

December 14, 2019 3.3K views

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

How St Maughold’s Staff Performed a Miracle

December 12, 2019 4.1K views

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

St Michael’s Chapel

November 24, 2019 3.6K views

The chapel on St Michael’s Isle on the Isle of …

Cross 138, Old Kirk Braddan

November 23, 2019 4.3K views

Cross no. 138 at Old Kirk Braddan on the Isle …

The Monks’ Bridge

November 23, 2019 4.3K views

The Monks’ Bridge is a narrow 12th century packhorse double-arched …

The Monks’ Well

November 23, 2019 3.4K views

“In memory of our ancestors, who, through long ages, came …

Old Kirk Braddan

September 25, 2019 3.1K views

Built on a site which has been used for religious …

Kirk Santon

May 25, 2019 3.6K views

After a few visits to the church last year and …

The Manx Church

March 22, 2019 2.1K views

The Manx church was the social as well as the …

The Clergyman’s Wife

November 6, 2015 1.4K views

The life of a clergyman’s wife two or three hundred …

Ballaugh Old Parish Church

March 29, 2015 3K views

A parish church existed in Ballaugh, and presumably on the …

Divorce & Matrimonial Difficulties

August 14, 2014 1.8K views

The Manx Church was very active in the detection and …

Irneit, The Celtic Bishop’s Cross-slab

July 30, 2014 1.9K views

The Chi-Rho is one of the earliest forms of christogram, …

On Death in Isle of Man Folklore

July 15, 2014 2K views

• Before 1594, when it was forbidden by Statue, it …

Crossag or Monks’ Bridge

June 29, 2014 2K views

A narrow 13th century packhorse double-arched bridge paved with quartz …

Purgatory Hammers

June 21, 2014 1.5K views

It was formerly believed in the Isle of Man that …

Peel Island and the Shrine of St. Mochonna

June 14, 2014 2.4K views

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

Banishing a Ghost

June 14, 2014 1.8K views

At a place near Peel, about sixty years ago (1850s), …

The Coming of Saint Patrick

June 13, 2014 3K views

It was the time that Saint Patrick was coming on …

Saint Oran of Iona & Mann

June 13, 2014 4.8K views

Oran (aka Odhrán or Odran) preceded Saint Columba and is …

The Penitent Vicar

June 13, 2014 1.4K views

One of the most dramatic episodes ever witnessed in a …

Trials for Charming & Sorcery

June 13, 2014 1.4K views

At Kirk Michael, 31 July 1712, one Alice Knakill, alias …

The Bishop’s Bridle

June 13, 2014 1.6K views

Among the accustomed unwritten laws of the Manx Church was …

Homage to the Holy Well

June 12, 2014 3.2K views

Almost invariably there was a spring or a gentle stream …

Parish of Kirk Conchan

June 12, 2014 2.2K views

The patronal saint of this parish was St. Christopher, but …

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