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An Historical and Statistical Account of the Isle of Man, From the Earliest Times to the Present Date
An Historical and Statistical Account of the Isle of Man From the Earliest Times to the Present Date Author:Joseph Train Subtitle: With a View of Its Ancient Laws, Peculiar Customs, and Popular Superstitions General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1845 Original Publisher: M. A. Quiggin Subjects: Isle of Man History / Europe / Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and ther... more »e may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CONTENTS. VOLUME THE FIRST. CHAPTER I. INSULAR STATISTICS. Geographical Situation of the Island -- Its Appearance from the Sea -- Mountains -- Climate -- Cprings -- Rivers -- Bays -- Havens and Headlands -- Geographical Structure of the Island -- Fossil Remains -- Minerals -- Woodlands -- Enclosures -- Soil -- Agricultural Produce -- Purrs -- Cattle -- Loaghtyn Sheep -- Rumpy Cats -- Deer -- Eagles -- Puffins -- Marine Plants -- Pishes -- Primitive Inhabitants -- Divisions of the Island -- Chief Towns -- Appendix 1 CHAPTER II. WELSH KINGS FROM A. D. 51? TO gig. Various opinions as to the Etymology of the Name of the Island -- Shown to be derived from the Celtic Language -- Mannanan-Beg-Mac-y-Leirr regarded by the Manks as the Founder and Legislator of their Kingdom -- Not a Brother of Fergus II, King of Scotland, as stated by some Authors -- That he was the Son of an Irish Prince equally improbable -- Apparently identical with Mainus or Finnan, descendants of Fergus I -- Early Manks History defective -- Gallovidians and Picts, defeated by the Romans, take refuge in the Isle of Man -- The Manksmen assist the Gallovidians against the Romans, and fight bravely -- Voadicia raises an army in Man -- She is taken prisoner in Galloway, and put to death by the Roman Captain, Cerealis, and her troops defeated -- Brule, a Scot, Governor of Man -- Mael- gwyn Gwynedd, prince of North Wales, defeats the Scots in Man, and takes possessi...« less