Manx Radio
Claare Ny Gael - Manx Radio
Bob Carswell delivers a weekly programme of great Manx Gaelic broadcasting and entertainment.
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Claare ny Gael 19th October 2025 19.10.2025 54:30
The history of James and Charlotte Stanley and a stone dated 1644 found at Castle Rushen rounds off William Gell's 1906 poem, Mannin Veg Veen . There's a translation into Manx of Grimm's Fairy Tales, and a generous helping of music from the Celtic countries.
Claare ny Gael 12th October 2025 12.10.2025 54:31
With a taste of music from around the Celtic countries, there's a translation into Manx of the strange world of Grimms' fairy tales and more about the Stanley family and their association with the Island.
Claare ny Gael 5th October 2025 05.10.2025 55:56
Grimms' fairy tales conjure up a strange world, and here they are in a translation into Manx. Arising from William Gell's poem, there's still a lot more to find out about the Stanley family, the Earls of Derby, who had been imposed as rulers of the Island. Music, too, from the Celtic nations.
Claare ny Gael 28th September 2025 28.09.2025 55:56
The conclusion of William Gell's 1906 poem has invited attention to the Stanley family who were Kings and Lords of Man. In a translation into Manx, there's more from Grimms' fairy tales. All this, and a range of music from the Celtic nations, too.
Claare ny Gael 21st September 2025 21.09.2025 54:00
John Seacombe's 1793 book, The House of Stanley, is entertaining but not always reliable. Grimms' fairy tales are entertaining, if bizarre, and there's part of a translation into Manx of one of them. Plus there's a range of musical entertainment from the Celtic countries.
Claare ny Gael 14th September 2025 14.09.2025 54:12
There's a Manx translation of the Grimms' curious tales, and William Gell's reference to the Stanleys' crest of the Eagle and Child has led to the not always reliable 1793 account of the Stanley family by John Seacombe. There's also a helping of music from the Celtic countries.
Claare ny Gael 7th September 2025 07.09.2025 54:11
With a sprinkling of music from the Celtic countries, there's more about the Stanley crest of the Eagle and Child and a Manx translation of more from the Brothers Grimm.
Claare ny Gael 31st August 2025 31.08.2025 54:12
The poet, William Gell, draws attention to the Stanley family through its association with Castle Rushen, so the start of a lengthy focus on them, starting with their crest, the Eagle and Child. As well as a Manx translation of Grimm's fairy stories, there's music from around the Celtic world.
Claare ny Gael 24th August 2025 24.08.2025 53:12
William Gell's mention of the famous one-fingered Castle Rushen clock gives rise to thoughts of the Stanley family's standing in the Elizabethan court. There's more in a Manx translation from Grimm's Fairy Tales, and a generous helping of music from the Celtic countries.
Claare ny Gael 17th August 2025 17.08.2025 53:50
Music from around the Celtic countries intertwines with parts of a 1906 poem about the Island by William Gell and its historic and cultural background, and a translation into Manx of Grimm's Fairy Tales.
Claare ny Gael 10th August 2025 10.08.2025 54:00
William Gell leads the way in an exploration of Castle Rushen and its history. In a Manx translation of Grimms Fairy Tales, the fisherman's wife is ever more demanding. There's also a variety of music from the Celtic nations.
Claare ny Gael 3rd August 2025 03.08.2025 53:32
In the book version of William Gell's poem, Mannin Veg Veen , the final part is called Canto IX, and also has a title, The Rushen Epic - neither of which appear in the newspaper. There's a Manx translation of Grimm's Fairy Tales, and music from around the Celtic world.
Claare ny Gael 27th July 2025 27.07.2025 54:42
William Gell prompts some history of Ballasalla, Billown and Castletown with his poem from 1906, Mannin Veg Veen; there is more from a Manx translation of Grimms' fairy tales; and there's music mostly from performers at Yn Chruinnaght 2025 (just one stray interloper!).
Claare ny Gael 20th July 2025 20.07.2025 52:17
William Gell's poem gives an opportunity to look at some of the history and associations he writes about, there's more from a Manx translation of Grimm's fairy tales, and there's music by people who'll be performing at Yn Chruinnaght's Celtic Gathering this coming week.
Claare ny Gael 13th July 2025 13.07.2025 55:57
You can hear a range of music from the Celtic nations as William Gell leads round the Island with his 1906 poem, Mannin Veg Veen , and in Manx there's more from the Brothers Grimm.
Claare ny Gael 6th July 2025 06.07.2025 53:40
The modern 5th July is old-style midsummer, a fire festival associated with Manannan Mac Lir. We celebrate him and his kingdom of Man in music. There's more from William Gell's 1906 poem about the Island, and from Grimm's Fairy Tales in a translation into Manx.
Claare ny Gael 29th June 2025 29.06.2025 53:51
Quite a few talking points arising from William Gell's 1906 poem, Mannin Veg Veen , whilst the well-known tale of Hansel and Grethel is heard in a Manx translation. Music throughout from the Celtic nations.
Claare ny Gael 22nd June 2025 22.06.2025 54:15
William Gell leads the way from Kirk Michael, down through Glen Helen and round to Crosby in his 1906 poem, Mannin Veg Veen . In a Manx translation, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm tell their strange tales. Running throughout, a thread of music from the Celtic nations.
Claare ny Gael 15th June 2025 15.06.2025 54:14
A translation into Manx of stories from the Brothers Grimm is interwoven with more from the 1906 poem by William Gell, Mannin Veg Veen , the dear little Isle of Man. In between is music from the six Celtic nations : Brittany, Cornwall, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Scotland and Wales.
Claare ny Gael 8th June 2025 08.06.2025 53:56
With a leavening of music from the Celtic nations, Claare ny Gael explores the north of the Island with William Gell's 1906 poem, Mannin Veg Veen , and, in a translation into Manx, enters the sometimes - in fact, often! - very odd world of Grimm's fairy tales.
Claare ny Gael 1st June 2025 01.06.2025 51:50
William Gell writes of the arrival of Godred Crovan and the battle of Skyhill, and of a new industry for Ramsey, and there's more from Grimm's fairy tales in Manx, whilst there's a seasoning of music from the Celtic nations sprinkled throughout.
Claare ny Gael 25th May 2025 25.05.2025 53:37
After admiring a giant fuchsia at Ballure, the industrial history of Ramsey becomes the focus of William Gell's interest in his 1906 poem, Mannin Veg Veen . Grimm's fairy tales include one about Rapunzel , who was named after a salad vegetable, and that story is here translated into Manx. There's also music from across the Celtic nations.
Claare ny Gael 18th May 2025 18.05.2025 53:38
In Maughold and Ramsey with William Gell, led by his 1906 poem, Mannin Veg Veen , there's some Hall Caine, Royal Ramsey, and the dashed hope of a Lieutenant-Governor. The Manx translation of Grimm's Fairy Tales again leads into strange goings on. Nothing strange about the music, though, with a selection from sounds from the Celtic nations.
Claare ny Gael 11th May 2025 11.05.2025 54:26
William Gell celebrates writer Hall Caine in his 1906 poem, Mannin Veg Veen , written whilst Hall Caine was an MHK. In the Manx part of the bilingual programme, it's more from Grimm's Fairy Tales. There's also a dusting of music of various genres from the Celtic countries.
Claare ny Gael 4th May 2025 04.05.2025 54:26
Musically there's a celebration of Boaldyn, the Maytide. William Gell's poem, Mannin Veg Veen , brings a focus on Maughold man, Sir Mark Cubbon, and his connection with Mysore in India. The Manx thread brings a translation into Manx of part of a fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm.
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