Sea Archives - As Manx as the Hills

Nets & Equipment

July 7, 2022 3K views

Drift Nets Herring and mackerel used to be caught entirely …

Early Manx Herring Boats

July 6, 2022 3.1K views

For thousands of years great shoals of herring entered the …

Manx Sea Captains of the Old Days

December 29, 2019 4.8K views

If we turn back the pages of maritime history during …

Old High Tide Marker or OS Datum Marker?

December 20, 2019 4.4K views

Update 21/12/19: It seems there is a query and this …

Wreck of the St George & the Tower of Refuge

December 3, 2019 4.4K views

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

The Mermaids’ Green

November 26, 2019 5.2K views

Between Bow Veg and Glen Wither, on the coast north …

Eating Meat Before Supping Broth

August 24, 2018 3.8K views

Enter Cutlar Mac Culloch, a powerful rover from Galloway who …

The Witch of Slieu Whallian

January 23, 2016 4.5K views

It was Midsummer Day, and the Peel Herring Fleet, with …

Some Manx Folklore Notes on Fishing (part 1)

July 22, 2015 3.8K views

Superstitious as were the Manxmen whose occupations were on land, …

Joan Mere’s House & Well

April 12, 2015 4.3K views

Under the Chasms, on the shore, is a well near …

Charlie the Cox

February 8, 2015 3.7K views

Four years ago, in a terrific gale, a ship from …

The First Bee

June 20, 2014 3.1K views

The old fishermen thought it very lucky to catch the …

Out of One’s Senses

June 15, 2014 1.8K views

When a man was out of his senses, he was …

Near the Stack Rock

June 14, 2014 1.7K views

One winter’s night a large ship came into the bay, …

Shipwreck 1822

June 14, 2014 2.5K views

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

The Fairy Fleet

June 14, 2014 2K views

There are many fishermen here to this day that declare …

The Child of Eary Cushlin

June 14, 2014 2.3K views

It is said that an heiress of Eary Cushlin had …

Mermen

June 13, 2014 2.2K views

The Manx fishermen, when out on the sea, used to …

How the Herring Became ‘King of the Sea’

June 13, 2014 2.2K views

The old fishermen of the Isle of Man have it …

The Island

June 13, 2014 1.7K views

When Paie Cregeen married Gorry Karran in Rushen Church she …

Manx Folksong – Cashen has gone to Sea

June 12, 2014 3.2K views

Ta Cashen ersooyl gys yn aarkey – Cashan has gone …

Sea Invocation

June 12, 2014 4.3K views

An extract from Mona Douglas and her Songs by George …

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