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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 .
This table lists the surnames of the 1881 census which have the highest percentage of appearing on the Isle of Man. [clarification needed] The important column in this table is the Index column. This table shows the most "Manx" surnames in Great Britain. See the previous footnote for the legend to the table. [8]
The Manx name of the Isle of Man is Ellan Vannin: ellan (Manx pronunciation:), a Manx word meaning "island"; Mannin (IPA:) appears in the genitive case as Vannin (IPA:), with initial consonant mutation, hence Ellan Vannin, "Island of Mann". The short form used in English is spelled either Mann or Man.
This is a list of newspapers in the Isle of Man. The company Isle of Man Newspapers (owned by Tindle) publishes the following three newspapers: [1] Isle of Man Courier (weekly, free) [1] Isle of Man Examiner (weekly) [1] Manx Independent (weekly) [1]
Cleveland was a town of only six hundred people. A population grew to around 3000 of both Manx-born or of Manx descent bound together by their Manx language and customs. Amongst the immigrants was William Corlett who donated land for the community's log schoolhouse so Manx children would be educated in their native Manx and English languages ...
A bilingual sign in the Isle of Man featuring Manx Gaelic and English. The official language of the Isle of Man is English. Manx Gaelic has traditionally been spoken but is now considered "critically endangered". [1] The Manx Gaelic language is a Goidelic Celtic language and is one of a number of insular Celtic languages spoken in the British ...
The Isle of Man census of 2016 returned a parish population of 966, a decrease of 6% from the figure of 1,024 in 2011. [ 1 ] 44 residents (4.3%) were able to read, write, and speak Manx Gaelic at the time of the 2011 census. [ 3 ]
The Isle of Man Examiner title was later revived by the Halifax Courier Group, owner of the Isle of Man Courier. The original concept for the Manx Independent came from a local Manx man named Harold Stanley Corlett, affectionately known as Stan Corlett (1934-1992) son of Edith Isabel (Taggart) and James Stanley Corlett.