St Bridget’s Church-Kirk Bride Smeal Road, Kirk Bride Roundabout, Bride , IM8 3EZ Earlier Churches on this site date from around 1200. There is some belief that the original church was founded by St Brigid herself after she left Ireland in the 5th Centaury. An earlier keeill can be found in the churchyard under a weeping willow. Sir Norman Wisdom is buried here. The present church, dedicated to […] Read More
St Catherine’s Chapel Church Road, Port Erin, IM9 5LP Built in 1880, by the generosity of William Milner, a locksmith who moved from Liverpool to Port Erin. The Church was quickly extended to accommodate the summer visitors. A bell tower was and two bells added. The larger bell, added in 1909, comes from Chicken Rock lighthouse. At the same time the Sunday School was […] Read More
St Columba Castletown Road, Port Erin, IM9 6LN St. Columba was born in Ireland in 521. He was the grandson of the Irish King Niall. He left Ireland not as a missionary but as an act of self-imposed penance. He had refused to hand over to the King a copy of the Gospels he had illegally copied, resulting in a battle, which Columba’s […] Read More
St Fingan-Glen Auldyn Glen Auldyn, Ramsey, IM7 This tiny Church must be on of the prettiest on the Island. It is about 180 years old and was originally a Methodist Chapel but changed to a Church of England in 1968 after being sold to a Mr Yates of Milntown for £100. Closed in 2018. Read More
St George’s Church St George's Street, Upper Church Street, Douglas, IM1 1AJ Consecrated in 1781 and designed to accommodate a large congregation of up to 1,300 worshipers. The 4th Duke of Athol donated the silver communion service and Henry Noble funded the stained glass. Sir William Hillary is buried in the Church yard, and Nelly Brennan (the Manx Florence Nightingale), as is the mass grave of those […] Read More
St German’s Cathedral Church Derby Road, Peel, IM5 1HH St German, was a Celtic missionary who came to the Island, in the 4th Centaury. The original cathedral of St German, is inside the walls of Peel Castle and was built sometime in the 12th century, when St Patrick’s Isle was in the possession of Norse kings. The present building was constructed in 1879–84 to […] Read More
