Qualla: Kirk Michael https://qualla.com/kirk-michael 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: Kirk Michael https://qualla.com/kirk-michael Kirk Michael: Introduction https://qualla.com/kirk-michael/ Fletcher Christian once drank here. The Mitre Hotel, built in the early 19th century on the main street of Kirk Michael, was a favoured public house of the man who in 1789 led the mutiny on HMS Bounty against Captain Bligh. 'Christian' is a popular Manx surname; Fletcher had connections to the island, as many Cumbrians and Manxmen did, and the small village pub still stands on the same plot today, around the corner from the Ecclesiastical Courthouse. That courthouse was first built in 1766 at the request of Bishop Wilson, rebuilt in 1835, and served as the last working rural courthouse on the Isle of Man.

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/kirk-michael-wp/gcsu-kirk-michael-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Kirk Michael: An Important Place That Forgot It Was Important https://qualla.com/kirk-michael/ Kirk Michael is the principal settlement in the parish of Michael, an agricultural village near the west coast of the Isle of Man, situated along the A3 about seven miles northeast of Peel on the road to Ballaugh. It does not look like much - a high street, a few small shops, a p...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/kirk-michael-wp/gcsu-kirk-michael-an-important-place-that-forgot-it-was-important.mp3 0:06 2 full Kirk Michael: Faith on a Small Street https://qualla.com/kirk-michael/ St Michael's and All Angels church anchors one end of the village. A Primitive Methodist chapel opened in 1824, and Ebenezer Hall - built in 1868 and still in use - hosts an annual Manx live music tradition called Oie'll Verree on the 'old' Christmas Eve, 5 January. The phrase co...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/kirk-michael-wp/gcsu-kirk-michael-faith-on-a-small-street.mp3 0:06 3 full Kirk Michael: Two Weeks of Noise https://qualla.com/kirk-michael/ The A3 through Kirk Michael is also the Snaefell Mountain Course, and for two weeks each May and June it is one of the loudest sections of road in the British Isles. The course turns through the village at speeds that don't really belong on a high street, and the corner once know...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/kirk-michael-wp/gcsu-kirk-michael-two-weeks-of-noise.mp3 0:06 4 full Kirk Michael: Notable Residents, Quiet Lives https://qualla.com/kirk-michael/ John Rhys-Davies lives here. The actor, best known as Gimli in The Lord of the Rings and Sallah in the Indiana Jones films, has made Kirk Michael his home, drawn perhaps by the same combination of quiet streets and good-natured anonymity that has kept other public figures on the ...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/kirk-michael-wp/gcsu-kirk-michael-notable-residents-quiet-lives.mp3 0:06 5 full Kirk Michael: Where the Glen Drops to the Sea https://qualla.com/kirk-michael/ Just south of the village lies Glen Wyllin, a wooded glen running down to a sand-and-shingle beach on the Irish Sea. The campsite there is popular during the TT and during the summer holidays, and the small mill at the head of the glen recalls the pre-industrial use of the stream...

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