[From 128 Views, c.1907]

Section 10 - Sulby Glen

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Olt Waterfall, Sulby Glen

Olt Waterfall, Sulby Glen

Sulby Glen and Tholt-y-will became significant tourist attractions following the opening of the MER and Snaefell Mountain Railway whose station at Bungalow had a large stabling block for the horse drawn cars that conveyed tourists down the glen.
Rhenass Waterfall, Glen Helen

Rhenass Waterfall, Glen Helen

Glen Helen - seems somewhat out of place as this glen is well south of Sulby Glen

Tholt-e-will Bridge, Sulby Glen

Tholt-e-will Bridge, Sulby Glen

 

 
Claddagh Bridge and Primrose Hill, Sulby Glen

Claddagh Bridge and Primrose Hill, Sulby Glen

Claddagh is Manx for 'water meadow'.

Cronk Sumark derives from Norse Skammhryggr, 'short ridge.' with Gaelic knock or cronk added, popular etymology is responsible for its present form 'Cronk Sumark,' meaning 'Primrose Hill.'.
Stepping Stones, Sulby Glen

Stepping Stones, Sulby Glen

 
In Sulby Glen

In Sulby Glen

 
Snaefell from Sulby Glen

Snaefell from Sulby Glen

 
Sulby Glen Hotel

Sulby Glen Hotel

This was often the terminus of a common tourist drive along Sulby Glen via Tholt-y-will from the Bungalow stop on the Snaefell Mountain railway - there was a nearby station on the Manx Northern Railway that could return them to Douglas. The hotel is on the main road from Kirk Michael to Ramsey - Sulby village is little way to the south.
JV. 20212 - Old Claddagh Bridge, Sulby Glen

JV. 20212 - Old Claddagh Bridge, Sulby Glen

Sulby village can be seen in the background.

 

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