... Valerie Caine's blog In true Celtic spirit two Manx groups will be heading across the Irish Sea to Wales to represent the Isle ... mix of self-penned works and traditional material in both Manx and English, look out for their new CD, due out soon. Manx dancers ...
Valerie Caine - Mar 8 2014 - 12:19am - 0 comments
... countries pocket” A petition has been started to get Manx included as an option on the census form. It’s a long shot the forms are ... (and that’s quite a few) have indicated they will just put MANX in the ‘Other’ option slot. Some however are adamant that they ...
Alastair Kneale - Apr 18 2016 - 7:52pm - 0 comments
... of Brian Stowell a great Manxmen and pivotal figure in the Manx language revival (report here from Manx Radio): https://www.manxradio.com/ …/loss-of-giant-of-manx-language…/ Brian was active for many years in a number of ...
Bernard Moffatt - Jan 19 2019 - 11:47am
Valerie Caine's blog Manx born poet Thomas Edward Brown (colloquially known as T. E. Brown), will be remembered by members of the World Manx Association as they gather in Glen Falcon Gardens, off Broadway in ... genres, but he is perhaps best remembered for his work with Manx dialect, and more specifically his Fo’c’s’le Yarns. The appeal ...
Valerie Caine - May 4 2014 - 11:53pm - 0 comments
... continues to burn as brightly as ever. Mona Douglas was a Manx cultural activist, folklorist, poet, novelist and journalist. She was ... in many initiatives to revive interest and activity in Manx culture.This included societies, classes, publications and youth groups. ...
Alastair Kneale - Oct 4 2014 - 1:52pm - 0 comments
... Excavating Notes: The Archaeology of Cannon Formation in Manx Music. She was formerly Manx Music Resource Co-ordinator for the Manx Heritage Foundation (now renamed ...
Valerie Caine - Oct 15 2015 - 11:27pm - 0 comments
... The International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019 and the Manx Gaelic language, Isle of Man Post Office (Manx: Oik Postagh Ellan Vannin) recently produced a presentation pack of six ...
Alastair Kneale - Jul 9 2019 - 8:45pm
... Kneale's blog Isle of Man Post Office (Manx: Oik Postagh Ellan Vannin) has issued a new set of stamps with a theme of Manx Winter. Featuring Manx wintery locations with the use of Celtic font. The ...
Alastair Kneale - Nov 15 2022 - 11:52am
Alastair Kneale's blog A Manx silver ring found by a man who was metal detecting is thought to date from ... Gordon Graham reported his find to the landowner and the Manx Museum (Manx: Thie Tashtee Vannin). Finds of archaeological interest on ...
Alastair Kneale - Dec 15 2018 - 1:19am
Alastair Kneale's blog The Manx Hedgehog Conservation Society (MHCS) is asking that people help provide ... be given cat or dog food and water not milk. The Manx Hedgehog Conservation Society is a charity founded on May 15, 2015. It has ...
Alastair Kneale - Jun 11 2018 - 10:18pm