These are some of the loveliest words about Manannan and the Isle of Man and are taken from what is known as The Manx Traditionary Ballad:
“It was not with his sword he kept it,
nor his arrow, nor his bow,
but when he would see the ships coming,
he hid it right round with a mist.
He’d put a man upon a hill,
you’d think there were a hundred there;
and thus did wild Manannan guard
that Island with all its booty.”
The Ballad tells of the rent/tribute Manx inhabitants paid to Manannan; how St. Patrick banished him and his troupe and how St. Patrick established Christianity in the Island. There is also an account of the first King in the Island, his lineage and how the Island came to the Stanley Family.
Unfortunately the author remains unknown as does its date of origin though JJ Kneen, Manx linguist and scholar, was of the opinion it was written at a very early date, having found obsolete grammatical forms in its original Manx rendering.
The Traditionary Ballad first appeared in 1845 in Train’s History and you can read all quatrains on our post here. We also offer a wall hanging of it.
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