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Ballabeg (Manx: Balley Beg) is a village on the Isle of Man.It is in the parish of Arbory in the sheading of Rushen, in the south of the island near Castletown.There are several small villages and hamlets with the name, although Ballabeg in Arbory is the most well-known and populous.
The Manx (/ m æ ŋ k s / manks; Manx: ny Manninee) are an ethnic group originating on the Isle of Man, in the Irish Sea in Northern Europe. They belong to the diaspora of the Gaelic ethnolinguistic group, which now populate the parts of the British Isles which once were the Kingdom of the Isles and Dál Riata .
The mills are known for producing Manx tartan which is used to make a variety of items from hats, scarfs and kilt skirts to capes and rugs. The cloth is made of fine Manx Loaghtan wool and woven on traditional-style looms. One loom operates by bicycle-power. The mills are now mainly a working shop, but still weave the Manx tartan and other cloth.
A Manx musical theatre performer has said she will be "forever grateful" for the funding that allowed her to do what she had "always wanted to do". Since 2018, 73 annual Arts Aid awards totalling ...
Manx cheese has been a particular success, featuring smoked and herb-flavoured varieties, and is stocked by many of the UK's supermarket chains. Manx cheese took bronze medals in the 2005 British Cheese Awards, and sold 578 tonnes over the year. There are not many unique desserts, although the Peel flapjack is a popular one.
Manx is a Goidelic Celtic language and is one of a number of insular Celtic languages spoken in the British Isles. [147] Manx has been officially recognised as a legitimate autochthonous regional language under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, ratified by the United Kingdom on 27 March 2001 on behalf of the Isle of Man ...
The Cooish is the name of a festival similar to the traditional Welsh Eisteddfod that promotes Manx language, it's literature, and culture that takes place on the Isle of Man each November. The word 'Cooish' is a Manx word that has many meanings. It can translate to mean a chat, a meeting, a cause, an issue, or a get-together. [1]
The Manx Museum (Manx: Thie Tashtee Vannin) in Douglas, Isle of Man is the national museum of the Isle of Man. It is run by Manx National Heritage. The museum covers 10,000 years the history of the Isle of Man from the Stone Age to the modern era. [1] The museum serves as headquarters of Manx National Heritage. [2]