Claare ny Gael 13th March 2022

Published: March 12, 2022, 11 p.m.

William Forster was consecrated as Bishop of Sodor and Man on 9th March 1634, having been appointed to the episcopacy in December 1633. His term of office was cut short when he died in February 1635. He held a court in Douglas in 1634, and his questionnaire, known as Bishop Forster's Visitation, to the churchwardens and sidemen gives a glimpse of life in the Island at that time.  

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Jonathan Harker explains to Count Dracula how he came upon the property called Carfax which has been bought for the Count at Purfleet, to the east of London. It's evidently quite to the Count's taste.

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As yn kiaull ain -
\nIONA - Lindisfarne
\nTUDUR HUWS JONES - Miliwn
\nBIRLINN JIARG - Juan y jaggad keeir/Jerrey yn theihll
\nHILARY COLEMAN - The turning of the tide
\nTHE DUBLINERS - Nelson's farewell
\nSOAZIG - Pennherez Keroulaz
\nRACHEL WALKER & SKIPINNISH - Maraiche nan cuantan
\nMEREDYDD EVANS - Un o fy mrodyr
\nELIZABETH DAVIDSON-BLYTHE & DANIEL QUAYLE - Daybreak