The constitutional framework of the Kingdom of Man and the Isles set up by Godred Crovan in 1079 was seriously impaired by his grand-daughter’s husband Somerled, less than a century…
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FREE DOWNLOADS from the Centre for the Study of the Viking Age, University of Nottingham: ►Viking Myths & Rituals on the Isle of Man (2014) (Vol I) http://bit.ly/2MacYYt ►The Vikings…
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“It was not with his sword he kept her, nor his arrow, nor his bow, but when he would see the ships coming, he hid her right round with a…
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Is it possible for us to guess what the Gaelic name of St John’s or Tynwald Hill on the Isle of Man was before the coming of the Norsemen? In…
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The first Ordnance Surveys of the Island were done c.1867-1870 and are rich in detail showing what treasures the Island had at that time like standing stones, tumuli, cairns, holy/healing/domestic…
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Tynwald is the greatest monument that the Norsemen have left us. The ceremony which is seen at Cronk y Keeill Eoin, ‘the Mound of the Church of St John,’ is…
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Anyone who delves into Manx history will, at some time, have come across reports of ancient sites and historical buildings destroyed through the purposeful and deliberate actions of some people.…
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Rising water levels cut off the Isle of Man from the surrounding islands around 8000 BCE. Evidence suggests that colonisation of the island took place by sea some time before…