Qualla: Braddan https://qualla.com/braddan en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:16 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Braddan https://qualla.com/braddan Braddan: Introduction https://qualla.com/braddan/ The name comes from Brendan, the Irish saint who was supposed to have crossed unknown seas in a leather boat searching for paradise. Braddan, the Manx parish that carries his name, has the right shape for a saint of voyagers - it stretches nearly ten miles from north to south, narrowing in two places to less than a kilometre wide, as if the parish itself were always in transit between somewhere and somewhere else. The northern end is mountainous and empty; the southern end touches the western edge of Douglas and shelters the original Fairy Bridge, where Manx tradition still asks travellers to greet the fairies as they pass.

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/braddan-wp/gcsu-braddan-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Braddan: A Parish Shaped Like a Journey https://qualla.com/braddan/ Maps of Braddan look strange even to people who know the Isle of Man well. The parish reaches from Druidale in the mountainous north all the way down to Port Soderick on the southern coast, but it threads through the island in a thin ribbon. In two stretches it tightens to less t...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/braddan-wp/gcsu-braddan-a-parish-shaped-like-a-journey.mp3 0:06 2 full Braddan: Two Churches, Centuries Apart https://qualla.com/braddan/ Kirk Braddan was completed in 1876 by the English architect John Loughborough Pearson, whose work elsewhere produced cathedrals at Truro and Brisbane and a string of Gothic Revival churches that still define English skylines. The parish church he built on the Isle of Man is restr...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/braddan-wp/gcsu-braddan-two-churches-centuries-apart.mp3 0:06 3 full Braddan: Hampton Court and the Manx Advocate https://qualla.com/braddan/ Near Port Soderick, on the southern fringe of the parish, stands Hampton Court House, built around 1800 by Thomas Stowell. Stowell was one of the leading Manx advocates of his generation - he served as acting Attorney General in 1796 and became Clerk of the Rolls in 1804, two of ...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/braddan-wp/gcsu-braddan-hampton-court-and-the-manx-advocate.mp3 0:06 4 full Braddan: The Borough That Took a Bite https://qualla.com/braddan/ Administratively, Braddan has been losing pieces of itself for more than a century. In 1896 a small area in the south-east of the historic parish was absorbed into the borough of Douglas, the capital and largest town on the island. The Anagh Coar, Ballaughton and Farmhill suburbs...

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