Claare Ny Gael - Manx Radio

There's a Manx translation of the first part of a short story by Katherine Mansfield, the fraught politics of 1651 with its threat of violence, and a lacing of music from the Celtic countries.

On the evening of 18th October 1651 there was a meeting of 800 Manx militia at the home of Illiam Dhone. We hear from a statement made about it eleven years later in 1662. There's also the end of a Manx translation of a story by W S Gilbert and music from the Celtic countries.

Problems with the House of Keys - that's the building in which they met, rather than the membership - and the first part of a Manx translation of a short story by W S Gilbert (yes, he of G&S fame). There's also plenty of music from around the Celtic world.

The final part of the final story from a translation into Manx of a collection of Grimms' Fairy-tales, news of popular discontent in Douglas in October 1821, when a mob smashed the shops of corn- and flour-merchants, and a leavening of music from the Celtic nations.

John Ward's house and shop in Peel were attacked during popular discontent in 1821. In 1906, on that site was opened the Ward Public Library, donated by John Ward's son, James Kewley Ward. More from Grimms' Fairy-tales in a Manx translation, and music from the Celtic countries.

Lives were lost and economic damage came with the wreck of the herring fleet took place in the early hours of the morning of 21st September 1787. More in a Manx translation of the strange tales of the Brothers Grimm, together with a rather fishy collection of songs and music.

A vessel called Hero was wrecked at the mouth of Douglas Harbour, with three deaths, on 13th September 1873, but there's rather more to it than simply that stark tragedy. That's leavened by a range of music from the Celtic countries, and Grimms' Fairy-tales in a Manx translation.

James Kewley Ward was born at the foot of Castle Street in Peel, and gave money to build a public library there. The foundation stone was laid on 6th September 1906. There's more in a Manx version of Grimms' Fairy-tales and a melange of music from the Celtic countries.

With more from a Manx translation of Grimms' Fairy-tales, there's something of the history of the Snaefell Mine, up to its closure on 1st September 1908, and, of course, a range of music from throughout the Celtic countries.

As well as a range of music from the Celtic countries, there's a Manx translation of Grimms' Fairy-tales and the history of the aggressive warrior who became de facto King of Man and the Isles for some years, Magnus Barefoot, leading up to his death in Ulster on 23rd August 1103.