'Know Your Parish' talk by John Quilliam about Lezayre
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Date(s): after 1967 and before 1979
Scope & Content: John Quilliam talks about the location of the parish of Lezayre; its physical landscape; historical battles; water courses; Manx place names including ‘Mountain of the Monks’, ‘Mountain of the Moon’, ‘Monks’ division’, ‘big wasteland’, ‘heather division’, ‘white meadow’, ‘ferny slope’, Taggart’s River’, ‘River of the Chapel’, ‘Farm of the white stone’, ‘tree farm’, ‘road of the Ayres’, ‘the island enclosure’, ‘enclosure of the money’, ‘enclosure of the river’, ‘rough hill’, ‘speckled hills’, ‘primrose hill’, ‘red hill’, ‘hill of the blackberries’, ‘mill of the bush’, ‘pool of the black ford’, ‘no more a fence’; Godred Crovan’s 1077 invasion of the Isle of Man and ambush of Manx soldiers in Lezayre; importance of Lezayre for its beauty, ancient history, hunting and river fishing.
Administration / Biographical History: Part of series broadcast on Manx Radio.
Language: English
Extent: 8 min. 36 sec.
Collection: Sound Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: SA 2019-0053/19
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