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She died suddenly on () 8 October 2000 in her baronial-style home 'Crogga' on the Isle of Man. She had been living on the island since 1977 with her husband and four of her five children. She had been living on the island since 1977 with her husband and four of her five children.
The South Barrule (Manx: Baarool Jiass) is the highest hill in the south of the Isle of Man. It has the remains of a fort on its summit, which is traditionally the home of the Manx god of the sea Mannanan beg mac y Leir. The hill is largely surrounded by conifer plantations.
Arbory (Manx: Cairbre) is one of the seventeen historic parishes of the Isle of Man. It is located in the south of the island (part of the traditional South Side division) in the sheading of Rushen. Settlements in the parish include Ballabeg, Colby and Ronague.
Ronague (Manx: Eairy Shynnagh or Ronnag) is a tiny hamlet in the south of the Isle of Man, in the parish of Arbory. It consists of an old chapel, several houses and some farms. It lies to the north of the villages of Ballabeg and Colby, west of the hamlet of Grenaby and south of the hill South Barrule.
The Isle of Man (Manx: Mannin, also Ellan Vannin [ˈɛlʲan ˈvanɪnʲ]) or Mann (/ m æ n / man), [11] is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland. It is one of the Celtic nations and is the homeland of the Manx people, a Celtic ethnic group.
'lookout or cairn mountain') [1] is the second highest peak in the Isle of Man at 565 metres (1,854 ft). [2] From the summit the northern plain of the Isle of Man can be viewed along with the coastlines of Ireland, Cumbria, Wales and Scotland. [3] North Barrule is located at OS grid reference SC442909 and forms the north-eastern end of a ridge.
The Barrowgarrow section of A3 Castletown to Ramsey was part of the 37.50 Mile Four Inch Course for the RAC Tourist Trophy automobile races held in the Isle of Man between 1908 and 1922. [ 5 ] In 1911 the Four Inch Course for automobiles was first used by the Auto-Cycling Union for the Isle of Man TT motorcycle races.
Chapel Hill, Balladoole is a significant historical and archaeological site in Arbory on the Isle of Man. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The site is a short distance from Castletown in the south of the Island. It is located on a small hilltop overlooking the coast.