The History of the Isle of Man

Sandwiched between England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, the Isle of Man is an interesting piece of land that's virtually unknown to the world. No, it is not named in honour of mankind, but after the Irish God of the Otherworld, Manannán mac Lir, the son of the sea. It's a self governing nation, but it's not independent. The English monarch is the Lord of Mann, but the island itself is not part of the United Kingdom. It has its own Gaelic language, although it greatly fell out of use. So, did I spark your interest? I hope I did, because we're about to dive into the history of the Isle of Man.
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[khcv]

Descended from born and bred forever Manxman(despite there having been a boat in the morning for my father back in the early 50's) and now learning the language. Good vid, deserves more views

[alpostarr]

Hey Im from the Isle of Man, Mannanan is son of the sea in Ireland, but God of the Sea/God of Mann on the Isle of Man as he was supposedly the 'protector of the Island and legendary first King of Mann' and he would bring his cloak over the Island which would appear as a thick fog which hid the Island from invaders (that worked well lol...). The language is still used but only on things like shop signs that say welcome/closed in Manx, or in school young children have to greet teachers with Moghrey mie (good morning) or Fastyr mie (good afternoon) and many choose to do lessons as well as an entire primary school where the students only speak Manx, however not many people choose to go there 😂 cool that you made a video on us though, thankyou :) I will share with friends. P.s as well as parliament, we are very proud of being the first place to allow Property owning Women to vote (dispute with New Zealand over being the first because of the property owning bit).

[surendersingal]

Thank yiu sir, you bring accurate stories on general history n geography.

Good day

[cordeliaadams]

Nice video! Greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽❤️ 🇮🇲

[DeeCM]

Spent 5 years there, it was truely an experience.

[loonytricky]

This was interesting! Learned a couple of things ^^

[JCardoso-jl]

If they want to be kept ‘independent’ they urgently need to start boasting their own language Manx.
Great video 👍🏻

[MikeMcGuire]

Is there any place on the Isle of Man known to be where the McGuire's are from originally. I'm being told that my family was on the Isle of Man in the 1300's?