The Sound And The Calf Of Man

Travel to the southwest of the Isle of Man...and you reach the Meayll peninsula. Lying beyond the bays of Port St Mary and Port Erin, this craggy upland has been home to people for thousands of years. Five thousand years ago the dead were buried in a chambered tomb on Meayll Hill and close to it lies a much more recent radar defence station from World War II. Nearby, the village of Cregneash remains as a testimony to Manx traditions of upland farming and was a final stronghold of the Manx Gaelic language.

The fields and stone quarries in the area are evidence of activity over the many centuries which have resulted in a land rich in plants and creatures. The spectacular coast at the Chasms, or at Spanish Head and Black Head, shows the intricate banding of geological formations and provides nesting spaces for sea birds. Move on to the very tip of the Island and you reach the Sound with its spectacular views of Kitterland, the Calf of Man and the racing tidal currents which separate them. This is one of the Isle of Man’s most treasured places and one of the first to qualify as a National Heritage Area.

Jean-jee troailt dys sheear-yiass Ellan Vannin as roshee shiu Cronk Meayl. Ta’n reeast creggagh shoh ta ny lhie cheu hoal jeh baie Phurt le Moirrey as baie Phurt Chiarn er ngoll er clanney rish thousaneyn dy vleeantyn nish. Queig thousane bleeaney er-dy-henney hie ny merriu er oanluckey ayns lhiaght er Cronk Meayl as, faggys da, ta stashoon-coadee radar hie er troggal er-y-gherrit ’sy Nah Chaggey Mooar ry-akin. Er gerrey da, ta’n balley beg cheerey Creneash farraghtyn myr feanish da cliaghtaghyn Manninagh ayns croiteyrys, raad va ny loayrtee ghooghyssagh s’jerree jeh’n Ghaelg beaghey.

Ta ny magheryn as quarralyn cloaie t’ayns yn ard jeeaghyn dy row obbyr er ve jeant rish ymmodee lhingyn, as kindagh rish shen ta’n thalloo berchagh ayns lossreeyn as cretooryn. Ta’n slyst ard-aalin ec ny Skortyn, ny ec Kione y Spaainey as Kione Doo, jeeaghyn dooin ny skilleigyn keyley dy aase-cloaie as cur buill da idd ushagyn ny marrey. Immee-jee dys kione yn Ellan as bee shiu ec y Cheyllys raad yoiw shiu reayrtyn aalin jeh Kitterland, jeh’n Cholloo as jeh ny strooghyn-tidee ta rheynn ad veih-my-cheilley. Shoh fer jeh ny buill s’ennoil ayns Mannin as fer jeh ny kied vuill dy ve cooie myr Ard Eiraght Ashoonagh.

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