Oie Voaldyn

Based on an old Manx Celebration (April 30th)& Commissioned by the Oie Voaldyn Festival, this piece of music marks the change from Winter to Summer festival, through the symbolic Black Raven which holds a special place in Manx folklore and mythology. The piece was designed to mark change for the better, working well also with Oie Houney/Hop Tu Naa the oldest unbroken tradition in the Isle of Man original which saw the bad spirits away ahead of the Winter to come.
Artists: Gilno Carswell, Aalish Kilgallon, David Kilgallon

She Shoh Yn Chomleayrtys
Tar Er - Gerrey
Lhig Dooin Jeeaghyn er-Y-Cheilley
Eddin ry Eddin

Feagh Ghoo
Gooillian Seose
Cur Lhee Caghlaa
As Shee er y Thalloo

Feeagh Ghoo

Oie Voaldyn - Feeagh Ghoo

Slow & Peaceful but full of emotion & weight

Celtic Piano

Axnfell

An unoffical tribute to the unoffical Manx National Anthem!

Ellan Vannin

Composer: Matthew Warren
Singer: Sarah Mercer
Harpist: Mera Royle
Manx translation: Bob Carswell
Produced by Gyp Buggane

In January 2024, the song won Arrane son Mannin (Song for Mann), a competition for original songs in Manx.

Baatey Paybr (Paper Boats) - Gaelg

Composer: Matthew Warren
Singer: Sarah Mercer
Harpist: Mera Royle
Produced by Gyp Buggane

In January 2024, the Manx version of Paper Boats won Arrane son Mannin (Song for Mann), a competition for original songs in Manx.

Paper Boats - English version

A conversation with Ann Stacey (nee Quirk) about her childhood and youth in Peel through the Second World War, her experiences as a part of the very start of the Manx Folk Dance Society, and her time in the Wirral Manx Society.

Valerie Ann Louise Stacey (nee Quirk) was born on 16 January 1938 in Peel. The family was at 2 Stanley Mount through the war years, when they had a refugee stay with them (from whom Ann received nits!) and also one of the Metropolitan police officers working at Peveril Internment Camp. A stand-out memory from this period was her sitting on the front doorstep each week, to watch the internees come down the road towards the cinema, and some would throw her sweets!

In 1946 the family moved to Rosslare, Mount Morrison, where they took in boarders each summer, sometimes resulting in Ann having to sleep with her grandmother on the kitchen table when all the rooms were taken!

Happy youthful trips out along the Headlands and off to Poortown with nothing more than a packet of jelly in her pocket are fondly remembered, perhaps in contrast to her school days in Douglas, with the infamous train rides in and unpleasant uniforms.

It was in Peel Clothworkers School in 1952 that Ann went along to a Manx dance class. Led by Philip Leighton Stowell, this was the founding of the Peel branch of the Manx Folk Dance Society, where she learnt Manx dances for the first time, as did everyone else.

Ann describes her experiences here, the others involved, the dances performed, the performances done and the interactions between Leighton Stowell and Mona Douglas fondly.

These experiences set her up for her years away as a young teacher, where she joined the Wirral Manx Society, and later the Manchester Society.

Now back in the Isle of Man after her working life away, Ann is happy to be home at last.

This oral history interview with Ann Stacey was recorded by James Franklin on 20 March 2024.
The interview is a part of the collection of nearly 200 oral history recordings freely available on the Culture Vannin website: https://culturevannin.im/watchlisten/oralhistory/

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Oral history interview with Ann Stacey (20 March 2024)

Kevin McHugh's
The Knotted Chord
Firebird - Tom Callister

Firebird

Moghrey Laa Boaldyn

An unaccompanied version of traditional Manx song Padjer Colum Killey with glorious improvised harmonies by Sophia Dale.
The prayer asks for the peace of God, the peace of man and the peace of Columba on every part of the house, and on myself.

Padjer Colum Killey - St Columba's Prayer by Skeeal

Ny Kirree fo Niaghtey - John Nelson, 1909, Trebitsch recordings

Ny Kirree fo Niaghtey - John Nelson, 1909

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Oral history interview with Ann Stacey (20 March 2024)

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