Claare ny Gael 7th January 2024

Published: Jan. 6, 2024, 11 p.m.

Having started with J B Keig's nicknames in Ballaugh, we've moved on to A W Moore's thoughts on nicknames throughout the Island. As we find out, that work from 1890 was the framework for what J J Kneen had to say about nicknames in his book from 1937.

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In our translation of Bram Stoker's Dracula into the Manx Gaelic, Professor Van Helsing has been given short shrift by the patient, Mr Renfield, and so goes instead to talk to Mina Harker. However, we hear from her diary that she's putting on a brave face whilst strangely affected in some way.

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As y kiaull ain 'sy chlaare shoh -
\nRUTH KEGGIN & RACHEL HAIR - Vuddee veg
\nROGER BRYANT - Our own little world
\nNIALL & CAOMHIN VALLELY, PAUL MEEHAN & BRIAN MORRISEY - Gleann an phreacain
\nPLETHYN - Ffarwel i'r picws mali
\nOWN HAND - I loved a lass
\nBBC WIRELESS MILITARY BAND - Lili Burlero
\nTHE MOLLAG BAND - Fin as Oshin
\nROGER BRYANT - The gardens of life
\nTHE OUTSIDE TRACK - The testimonial