Milntown House Tours Milntown, Lazayre Road, Ramsey, IM7 2AB Be guided through the house and lives of the Christian family, who owned Milntown for 500 years, before Sir Clive Edwards bequeathed the Estate, for the benefit of Ramsey, at his death in 1999. The Trust has added a collection of vintage cars and bikes, to the two cars left by Sir Clive Edwards, who […] Read More
Molly Carrooin’s Cottage Church Road, Onchan, IM2 2AP The oldest building in Onchan possibly dating back to the 1740s. Sometimes referred to as the Loom House, and probably used as a weaving shed it was owned by the Crow family and later tenanted by Molly Carrooin and her sister, Anne, who were washer women. Bought in 1934 by Joseph Skillicorn, it was presented […] Read More
Oie Houney St Mary's Harbour, Castletown The oldest traditional festival on the Island. This is a combination of the old Celtic New Year “Oie Houney” or Sauin/Samhain and the later Hop-tu-Naa festival or All Hallo’s Eve festival also known as Halloween. The festival is celebrated in Peel with a torch light procession ending in Fireworks over the bay. Other Hop-tu-Naa celebrations […] Read More
Old Lonan Church-St Adamnan’s Ballakiley Farm Road, Port Groudle, Laxey, IM4 6AH This beautiful, old church, has three names: Lonan Old Church, Keeill ny-Traie, or “the chapel by the shore” and St Adamnan’s, after the Abbot of Iona, between 679 and 704. This tiny church, was in use until 1733, when a new church was built and still used now, for Special Services .The eastern (and oldest) […] Read More
Onchan Heritage Stone Onchan Roundabout, Onchan Considered to be a Megalithic stone, originally left behind by a retreating ice sheet 12,000 years ago. The stone stood at the base of the Onchan War Memorial but was moved in 1986. Manx Heritage Year. A similar stone can be found in St Peter’s churchyard. Read More
Onchan Parish Hall Royal Avenue, Onchan, IM3 1LB Designed by renowned Arts & Craft architect Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott (1865 – 1945), the hall is a much loved facility in Onchan and used every day of the week. The Hall is available for hire, events and lectures. It is often referred to as St. Peter’s Church Hall, but is not part of the […] Read More
