ELLAN VANNIN:
SKETCHES OF THE HISTORY, THE
PEOPLE, THE LANGUAGE, AND SCENERY
OF THE ISLE OF MAN.

BY REV. W. T. RADCLIFFE.

Published by CHARLES H. KELLY, CASTLE ST., CITY RD., E.C.,AND 66, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C,1895 -

TO THE MANX PEOPLE, BY THEIR FELLOW COUNTRYMAN,
THE AUTHOR.

Preface

CONTENTS.

	CHAP	Page:
I	THE UNRECORDED AGES	9
II	HISTORIC TRACES	5
III	AGES DIMLY SEEN: DRUIDIC AND EARLY CHRISTIAN	21
IV	AGES DIMLY SEEN_(continued): RUNIC AND PAPAL	31
V	ELLAN VANNIN: PAST AND PRESENT	39
VI	THE MANX PEOPLE: CHARACTERISTICS, RACE,AND LANGUAGE	49
VII	THE MANX PEOPLE: CHARACTERISTICS (continued) _PROVERBS AND SUPERSTITIONS	59
VIII	MANX FREEDOM: THE NEED	71
IX	MANX FREEDOM: THE PROGRESS	87
X.	MANX WEALTH: HINDRANCES	95
Xl	MANX WEALTH: HELPS AND SOURCES	107
XII	SOCIAL CHANGES: TRANSITION FROM ROMANISM	119
XIII	SOCIAL CHANGES: THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH	127
XIV	SOCIAL CHANGES: MANX METHODISM	139
XV	SUMMARY AND REVIEW	153

ILLUSTRATIONS.

DOUGLAS . . . . . . . Frontispiece
THE STONE CIRCLE . . . . . . 10
ST. MICHAEL'S, LANGNESS . . . . . 14
MAUGHOLD . . . . . . . . 16
OLD FORT, LANGNESS . . . . . 20
BAI LAGLAS ROAD . . . . . 22
PEEL CASTLE . . . . . . . . 32
GLEN COAN, GROUDLE . . . . . . 40
HANGO HILL . . . . . . . . 45
INJEBRECK RIVER . . . . . . . 50
CASTLE RUSHEN, CASTLETOWN . . . . . 60
BALLURE CHAPEL . . . . . . . 72
TYNWALD HILL . . . . . . . 88
THOLT-E-WILL BRIDGE . . . . . . 96
RAMSEY . . . . . . . . . 108
RUSHEN ABBEY . . . . . 120
BISHOP'S COURT . . . . . . . 128
WESLEYAN CHAPEL, SULBY GLEN . . . .140
LAXEY GLEN . . . . . . . . 154




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ELLAN VANNIN: SKETCHES OF THE HISTORY, THE PEOPLE, THE LANGUAGE, AND SCENERY OF THE ISLE OF MAN.

Preface

CONTENTS.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

ELLAN VANNIN:
SKETCHES OF THE HISTORY, THE
PEOPLE, THE LANGUAGE, AND SCENERY
OF THE ISLE OF MAN.