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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 .
Isle of Man Newspapers publishes the Isle of Man's newspapers. They are the Isle of Man Examiner, the Isle of Man Courier and the Manx Independent. They are all weekly newspapers. Its website is www.iomtoday.co.im, as well as owning GEF.im. The company was formerly called the Isle of Man Courier Group until its name was changed in 1992.
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]
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]
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.
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.
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 ...
Braddan (Manx: Braddan) is one of the seventeen parishes of the Isle of Man. It is located on the east of the island (part of the traditional South Side division) in the sheading of Middle. Administratively, a small part of the historic parish of Braddan is now covered by part of the borough of Douglas, the capital and largest town of the Isle ...