Claare Ny Gael - Manx Radio

We find out a little more about George Stepney of Belle Vue in Maughold, before exploring old Laxey and the Laxey valley. After that, we head for Douglas and the end of our excursion led by Rev Thomas Stephen's 1832 publication, 'A Poetical Guide to the Isle of Mann', and the end of his book. We return to Mina Murray's Journal in the translation into Manx Gaelic of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'. Her ploy of getting Lucy Westenra tired out before bedtime seems to work at first, but quickly turns to dramatic concern. As y kiaull ain y cheayrt shoh - CILMERI - Y sgwner tri mast CAARJYN COOIDJAGH - Niee yn eaddagh/Ugh ugh ugh MIKE O'CONNOR - Anna Collins RUNRIG - Cearcal a chuain MONA KERYS - La Paimpolaise MICHAEL COLEMAN - O'Dowd's Favourite reel medley PERERIN - Symffoni lawen RUTH KEGGIN & RACHEL HAIR - Vuddee veg MIKE O'CONNOR - The bells of old Kea/The waters of Tresillian

Our 1832 publication, 'A Poetical Guide to the Isle of Mann' by Rev Thomas Stephen, has brought us to explore down north, to which we came via the western route. After seeing some of the sights - including Thomas Stephen's old family home in Ballaugh - we set out to return to Douglas, this time by the east coast route. In this episode of our Manx translation of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', whilst the ship's log of the Demeter has been given in evidence before an inquest, the verdict is left open. The burial service for the captain - regarded as a hero by the populace of Whitby - is a touching one, observed by Mina Murray and Lucy Westenra, but ends in an unpleasant incident. As nyn giaull - DAN AR BRAZ & L'HERITAGE DES CELTES - Diwanit bugale SHAE APLAND & SHARON WHISHART - Think on these things (setting by Haydn Wood) JAY UNGAR & MOLLY MASON - Ashokan farewell SGOIL CHIUIL NA GAIDHEALTACHD - Thoir mo shoraidh MEIC STEVENS - Ysbryd Solfa NA FILI - An londubh is an che

Our jaunt through the Island as it was in 1832 has brought us to Ramsey. We look at St Paul's Church, its history and appearance in the time of Rev Thomas Stephen, Ramsey harbour and then we exert ourselves to enjoy some wider sight-seeing on the north. The captain of the Russian schooner, Demeter, kept a ship's log of the troubled voyage from Varna to Whitby. His was the only body on board on arrival - dead and tied to the wheel! The ship's log, as described by Bram Stoker in this translation into Manx of 'Dracula', tells his grim story.

We move on northwards from Ballaugh, and the area is notable for being wooded - something rare in the Island in 1832 when the Rev Thomas Stephen published 'A Poetical Guide to the Isle of Mann'. We find out about Sulby and Milntown before arriving in Ramsey. In our translation into Manx of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', we hear of the aftermath of the surprising arrival into Whitby Harbour of a Russian schooner - and it's equally, if not more, surprising, according to the correspondent of a newspaper called The Dailygraph.

This week we hear from Paul Quayle about his exhibition of haiku, wood carvings and single-stroke artwork at the Hodgson-Loom Gallery at Laxey Glen Mills, '36 Views of Snaefell', which also feature in his new book of the same title. Music for the exhibition - which includes the work of several friends - is by Sid Gilbert. We hear from both Paul and Sid. The cutting from The Dailygraph stuck into Mina Murray's Journal tells us of the strange arrival of a full-rigged schooner in Whitby - and the event only becomes stranger still. This is another extract of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' in a translation into the Manx Gaelic.

We look at Glen Helen, although it was developed after the time of our 1832 poem, before resuming the road as it climbs round Creg Willy Syl and we quickly make our way northwards to Kirk Michael, Bishopscourt and Ballaugh, where we look at St Mary's, completed in 1832. In Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', in our Manx translation, a violent storm has suddenly erupted at Whitby after a fine day, and a foreign schooner with all sails set is running at full tilt towards the coast. As nyn giaull - MARGARET STEWART - An Domhnallagh urramach FERNHILL - March glas DE DANANN - The arrival of the Queen of Sheba in Galway KANERION PLEUIGNER - Konsolet me, Margarit KATE DOWMAN - A sea vision CRASDANT - Tros yr aber/Llanddwndwr BRIAN MAC STOYLL & SHORYS Y CREAYRIE - Ushtey millish 'sy gharee BRIAN WEBB - Ow avon splann BLAZIN' FIDDLES - Norwegian

From Crosby, Rev Thomas Stephen's 'A Poetical Guide to the Isle of Man' of 1832 takes us over the parish boundary from Marown into German and we spend quite a bit of time progressing slowly to Ballacraine, before we turn northwards towards Glen Helen - bearing in mind that we're bound ultimately for Ramsey. Mina Murray's Journal is the focus of our attention in our Manx translation of 'Dracula', and we hear of old Mr Swales's premonition of death, before we move on to a newspaper account of the apocalyptic weather over Whitby. As y kiaull ain - PILOCHA - A Fiandeira HARRY PLUNKET GREENE - Poor old horse THE PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA - Air a danser ANNETTE WYN MERRIMAN & JENNIFER JONES - Y cobler du bach BRIAN MAC STOYLL - Inneen jeh bochilley boght THE BOSCASTLE & TINTAGEL PLAYERS - The Boscastle breakdown DONAL LUNNY, COOLFIN & FRIENDS - Dulaman MORWENN LE NORMAND & ARZ NEVEZ - Ar yarig LLIBERDON - La casina vieya/entremeiu mia

We find out about the unfortunate history of Anthony Dunlop, a Scot who was a leading agriculturalist in the Island and was chosen as a Member of the House of Keys. However, events went against him and he died leaving debts here in the Island, but a farm in Marown renamed from Ballakilley to Ellerslie. In our translation into Manx of Bram Stoker's Dracula, we hear of Dr John Seward's thoughts about his patient, R M Renfield. Meanwhile, Mina Murray is worried about her friend, Lucy Westenra, who continues in apparent good health, but has started sleepwalking again. Even more worrying, she still has heard nothing from Jonathan Harker. As nyn giaull - currit cooidjagh ec y vinnid s'jerree! MIKE JAMES & YVES LEBLANC - Trois coups de talons/Mains aux genoux/La chatouillette THE FRIEL SISTERS - Tir Chonaill DAVEY & DYER - An lanow AALIN CLAGUE & PETE WOODHEAD - Vuc ghoo COR MEIBION PONTARDDULAIS - Diolch i'r Ior DEAF SHEPHERD - Mince in the basket NEEAR NESAN - Birds spell FEMMES DE LA

There is a brief but intriguing reference in 'A Poetical Guide to the Isle of Man', the 1832 work of Rev Thomas Stephen, to 'Dunlop's Ellerslie left in the lurch'. Ellerslie is in Marown, but we find out about Anthony Dunlop through an article which was reprinted in the Peel City Guardian in 1899. In our extract from the Manx translation of Dracula, the first of the three men who proposed to Lucy Westenra on the same day was Dr John Seward. Refused by Lucy, he immerses himself in work, and particularly concentrates on a patient, R M Renfield. As y kiaull ain (jeeaghyn gys Yn Chruinnaght 2022) - MEC LIR - Jem as Nancy BRYHER'S BOYS - Little Lize ELIZABETH DAVIDSON-BLYTHE & DANIEL QUAYLE - Medley ISLA CALLISTER, BECKY HURST & ALASDAIR PAUL - Down by the green bushes/The end of the world UN CHORAA - Hooin dys yn eeastagh, Yuan AR LOG - Y ddafad gorniog/Ceiliog gwyn/Wyres Ned Puw FRANKIE GAVIN & CATHERINE McHUGH - Eddie Moloney's CLASH VOOAR - Lhiggeyder folley DEAF SHEPH

Rev Thomas Stephen's 1832 publication, 'A Poetical Guide to the Isle of Mann', has brought us to what he calls 'Dunlop's Ellerslie left in the lurch'. We start to find out about one-time owner of the farm, Anthony Dunlop, and we two personal glimpses of him, one as an older agriculturalist by Hannah Bullock in 1816, and the other by Scottish poet, Robert Burns, in a letter to Anthony's mother in 1790, when Anthony was 16. Bram Stoker's ancient mariner, Mr Swales, is continuing with his explanation as to why the gravestones in the churchyard at Whitby are full of lies. Mina Murray and Lucy Westenra are a bit taken aback by it all.   As nyn giaull - jannoo ard eailley jeh keayrtee da'n Chruinnaght - MIKE JAMES & YVES LEBLANC - Breton polkas THE FRIEL SISTERS - Tir Connell HUW ROBERTS & STEPHEN REES - Ffidl ffadl/Mogi Laddyr RUTH KEGGIN & RACHEL HAIR - Arrane oie vie THE BOLINGEY TROYL BAND - We ent goin' far TALISK - Abyss 9BACH - Gwydr glas LYNCHED - F

We return from Dalby to Douglas before setting out again on another excursion, led by Rev Thomas Stephen's 'A Poetical Guide to the Isle of Man' published in 1832. We find out something of the history behind the houses and farms he points out on the road, going west as far as St Runius and Ellerslie. In our Manx translation of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', Mina Murray is writing in her journal. She describes the sceptical musings of an old fisherman who dismisses much of what is carved on the gravestones in the parish church of Whitby, where Mina is staying with her friend, Lucy Westenra. As y kiaull ain - RUTH KEGGIN & RACHEL HAIR - Vuddee veg MEIC STEVENS - Ble mae'r bore? BOYS OF THE LOUGH - Captain Carswell A FESTIVAL OF CORNISH MALE VOICE CHOIRS - The song of Cornwall NA CASADAIGH & THE LENNON FAMILY - Peigin Leitir Moir ESQUISSE - Rond de Loudeac SHAE APLAND & SHARON WHISHART - The end of the world GWENNO - Tresor DEAF SHEPHERD - Braemar Gathering  

The author of our 1832 publication, 'A Poetical Guide to the Isle of Mann', Rev Thomas Stephen, seems to have a particular interest in Sir George Moore, but we also find out about other notables that he refers to as he takes us out to Glen Maye - or Glen Moij as it was in his day. In this week's episode of a translation into Manx of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', Dr John Seward deals with the refusal of his marriage proposal by Lucy Westenra by studying an asylum patient who particularly interests him.  Meanwhile, Mina Murray writes up about Whitby in her journal as she visits Lucy and her family who have taken rooms there. As nyn giaull - MARLENE HENDY - The Secret Island HARRY MARLOW - Let's have a song about the Isle of Man BIRLINN JIARG - Flitterdaunsey/Illiam y Thalhear CAARJYN COOIDJAGH - Ushag varrey MATT CREER - Ends of the earth CZECHO-SLOVAK RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, cond. Adrian Leaper - Haydn Wood's Serenade for Youth THE MOLLAG BAND - Quoi ta'n dooinney boght?

We set off on the second day of our excursions, and Rev Thomas Stephen leads us from Castletown up and over the slopes of Barrule to Foxdale, down to St John's and on to Peel. In our Manx translation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Lucy Westenra has written to her friend, Mina Murray, about receiving three marriage proposals in a day. She's turned one down from Dr John Seward, and now she's receiving the attentions of an American, Quincy P Morris. However, her heart is already set on Arthur Holmwood. As nyn giaull - SKEEAL - Manannan PLETHYN - Bonheddwr mawr o'r Bala THE SKYMASTERS DANCE ORCHESTRA - The rose of Tralee BRENDA WOOTTON - Cornwall, the land I love ARTHUR CORMACK - Oran Beinn Li FANCH & YOUENN LANDREAU - Rond de Loudeac APACHE PEOPLE - Sun dance GREG JOUGHIN & BARRULE - In search of Manannan DALLA - Tansys Golowan

We're visiting the Chasms with the Rev Thomas Stephen, following 'A Poetical Guide to the Isle of Mann' which he published in 1832. We'll return to Castletown by a circuitous route for our evening meal and accommodation - but not before the Rev Stephen leads us on yet another sight-seeing stroll before we sit down to eat. Not knowing of the perils facing her fiance, Jonathan Harker, in Castle Dracula, Mina Murray is exchanging letters with her old school friend, Lucy Westenra. Lucy reveals she, too, is engaged - and there's more! As nyn giaull - ALVAN & AHEZ - Fulenn EMMA CHRISTIAN - Arrane saveenagh HOGIAU'R GORORAU - Gwenynen Gwent VAIL O FLATHERTA - Amhran an Phuca FEMMES DE LA MER - Dolly Pentreath ANGUS LYON - Angel of the South Side F L GALL & P J MOTREFF - Dans ar podou fer/Me 'meus tri gi ha tri gath CAARJYN COOIDJAGH - Hooin roin CYNEFIN (OWEN SHIERS) - Dole Teifi/Lliw'r heulwen

We're on an excursion, the first of several following Rev Thomas Stephen's 1832 'A Poetic Guide to the Isle of Mann'. We left Douglas via the Nunnery, Kewaigue, Richmond Hill and Newtown, and had reached Ballasalla. Onwards, then, to the Island's former capital, Castletown, where Mrs Kneen is to provide an evening meal. Despite his hopes of slipping out when the Szganee and the Slovakee leave, Jonathan Harker is still stuck in Castle Dracula. Meanwhile, the young woman to whom he is betrothed, Mina Murray, corresponds with her school friend, Lucy Westenra. As y kiaull ain - gyn oyr erbee, she'n eeanlee ta shin cheet er y cheayrt shoh - YSGOL BRO TEIFI - Deryn y bwn o Banna AL O'DONNELL - An bunnan bui ASTEVERYN - An culyek hos KARINE POLWART - Follow the heron THEO LE MAGUET & PIERRE BEDARD - Rossignolet du bois NIALL VALLELY - Gleann na phreachain  TECWYN IFAN - Can yr adar man MONA INNEY GHOOLISH - Lhondoo NEEAR NESAN - Al loauelanig

Rev Thomas Stephen is recommending that we go on excursions to see more of the Island as he describes it in rhyme in 1832, following our ramble through Douglas and surrounding area. He's critical of tourists trying to cram too much into a visit and recommends taking time to look around as he leads us off for our first excursion. Jonathan Harker knows that Count Dracula intends to hand him over to the three dreadful women to suck out his blood, unless he can find some way to escape from the castle. Desperate situations call for desperate remedies! As nyn giaull - CEOL BHO THUATH - O thoir a-nall am botul COR Y PENTAN - Hil Adda PADRAIG O'KEEFE, DENIS MURPHY & JULIA CLIFFORD - The top of the Maol/The humours of Ballydesmond AN TREVRAY & JULIE ELWIN - An ladar CLIOGAREE TWOAIE - Arrane ny jinnyn DUO ROBIC GUILLARME - Gavotte PHIL GAWNE - Va billey beg gaase JULIE ELWIN & NAKED FEET - Tees an Castel NITEWORKS ft. KATHLEEN MacINNES - Maraiche

We find out about the Fort Anne as a house and later as a hotel, before the Rev Thomas Stephen takes us down to the edge of a storm-tossed sea. Then we head inland to the Nunnery - still associated here with the Heywoods, though they had sold it many years before to the Goldie-Taubmans.  Jonathan Harker makes a bid to leave Castle Dracula immediately when the Count seems to be so disposed - only to be met with another of the Count's cruel tricks. However, if he can't get out, he knows only too well what his fate will be. But morning has come again, and with it, hope . . . Shoh yn kiaull ain 'sy chlaare - MAGGIE MacINNES - Dh'fhalabh mo run ' dh'fhag e'n cala BRYHER'S BOYS - Cornwall my home MERA ROYLE & OWEN WILLIAMS - Schottische Kerlou TUDUR MORGAN - Cyn delwyf i Gymru'n ol THE OUTSIDE TRACK - Sweet lover of mine DONAL LUNNY  - Damhsa Tara GREG JOUGHIN & MONA'S ISLE PROJECT - Thie ny Garee GWENNYN - Me ivez LYRE LYRE - Gin and strathspey

There is a good variety of meat and fish to be had in Douglas market, according to Rev Thomas Stephen's poem of 1832, before he takes us out onto the Red Pier, designed by George Steuart and clad in Annan sandstone. George Steuart also was the architect of the Castle Mona for the Duke of Atholl. Jonathan Harker was being lulled - hypnotised - by dancing lights, but when they started to take the shape of the three dreadful women he'd been threatened by previously, he ran screaming to his room. After an anxious night, he's very pleased to see the new day - and with it, a new and daring plan. As y kiaull ain - SKEEAL - Creggyn ALED JONES - Mae hiraeth yn y mor THE BOWHOUSE QUINTET - Paddy Fahy's RYB AN GWELLA - Ple' ma an Jowl? JOHN McCORMACK - Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon SONERIEN DU - Laride en mineur GEORGE FORMBY - Isle of Man JOSEPH TAYLOR - Lord Bateman THE HALTON QUARTET - The good ship Halton

Rev Thomas Stephen takes us for a stroll round parts of Douglas and out to old Kirk Braddan, and we look at the background to some of the things he mentions in his 1832 poem, 'A Poetical Guide to the Isle of Mann'. Jonathan Harker has been disappointed by the Szgany, who turned his letters over to Count Dracula. His renewed hope of getting information out through a part of Slovaks is soon dashed, and then finds that the Count is up to fresh mischief. However, that's not his greatest terror. As nyn giaull - son Oie Voaldyn as Laa Boaldyn rere yn chenn eaillere - THE QUARTET - Home FLOR ENVERSA - Calenda maia DAVID & ROSIE SPEERS - Hawthorn KIRREE-AALIN CLAGUE - Oie Voaldyn/Tar gys y ghrian ANNE & FRANCIE BROLLY - The Magherafelt May fair PHYNNODDEREE - Ben-rein y Voaldyn/Moghrey Laa Boaldyn ANNIE KISSACK - Tappagyn jiargey THE QUARTET - The rival cockades DAVID KILGALLON - Boaldyn Heear as Boaldyn Hiar PAUL ROGERS - Arrane y Voaldyn FRANK JOUGHIN - Moostey yn arragh MEC LIR - Earthbound

We continue to follow Rev Thomas Stephen's 1832 work, 'A Poetical Guide to the Isle of Mann', in which we hear of the work of the hobblers, the harbour boatmen, and one lady's misfortune on being helped ashore at Douglas.   Jonathan Harker's hopes are raised by the appearance of a group of gypsies in the courtyard of Castle Dracula - perhaps he can send letters clandestinely through them, unknown to the Count. His letter to Mina is written in shorthand. As nyn giaull - JIMMY CROWLEY - Nil na la PEOPLE OF HELSTON - Hal an tow HELSTON TOWN BAND - Helston furry MOOT - Graih my chree ANTON VALERY - La Paimpolaise MAJORSTUEN - Yiiihaaa! NA GATHAN - Ga bruidhinn lan-uine PIGYN CLUST - Ty a gardd THE SIDHE - Nitro