Qualla: Isle of Man https://qualla.com/isle-of-man 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: Isle of Man https://qualla.com/isle-of-man Isle of Man: Introduction https://qualla.com/isle-of-man/ Manannan beg va Mac y Leirr - little Manannan, son of Lir the sea-god. According to Manx legend, he was the first ruler of the island, and when invaders threatened he drew his misty cloak around the coast to hide it from the world. Anyone who has watched cloud spill suddenly over Snaefell, swallowing the high pasture in minutes, understands where the story comes from. The Isle of Man sits squarely in the middle of the Irish Sea between Cumbria and County Down, close enough to four nations - England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland - that all four are visible from the summit of Snaefell on a clear day. It is not part of any of them.

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/isle-of-man-wk/gcsu-isle-of-man-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Isle of Man: A Country That Says It's Older Than It Is https://qualla.com/isle-of-man/ The island was cut off from the rest of Britain by rising seas around 6,500 BC, the same era that severed Great Britain from continental Europe. Stone Age farmers raised megaliths. Celts arrived around 500 BC speaking a Brythonic language closer to Old Welsh. Then, around 500 AD,...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/isle-of-man-wk/gcsu-isle-of-man-a-country-that-says-its-older-than-it-is.mp3 0:06 2 full Isle of Man: Revestment https://qualla.com/isle-of-man/ Eighteenth-century Mann ran on smuggling. Taxes were lower than on the British mainland, and goods landed at Manx ports moved invisibly into the contraband networks of Britain and Ireland. By the 1760s the London government decided this had to stop. In 1765 the Crown bought out t...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/isle-of-man-wk/gcsu-isle-of-man-revestment.mp3 0:06 3 full Isle of Man: The Fortnight https://qualla.com/isle-of-man/ Everything on the island bends, for two weeks each May and June, around the TT motorcycle races. Racing began here in 1907 because mainland speed limits made it impossible elsewhere; the name 'Tourist Trophy' fits the leisurely original idea about as well as it fits a modern 1000...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/isle-of-man-wk/gcsu-isle-of-man-the-fortnight.mp3 0:06 4 full Isle of Man: Travelling the Island https://qualla.com/isle-of-man/ The island is small - about 33 miles long and 13 wide - and getting around is easy if you accept the maritime weather and the famous mist called Manannan's Cloak. Bus 3 runs from Douglas to Laxey and on to Ramsey. The Manx Electric Railway, opened in the Victorian era and still e...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/isle-of-man-wk/gcsu-isle-of-man-travelling-the-island.mp3 0:06 5 full Isle of Man: What to Carry Away https://qualla.com/isle-of-man/ The Laxey Wheel - the giant pumping waterwheel called Lady Isabella - is the unofficial symbol of the island and features on the £20 note. Castle Rushen at Castletown is one of the best-preserved medieval castles in Europe. Peel Castle stands on a tidal islet on the west coast, i...

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