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Goll as Gaccan

Phil Gawne and guests present an eclectic mix of all things Manx. Learn some Manx Gaelic, discover the meaning of Manx place names and immerse yourself in a world of Manxness. All served up with a healthy dose of dry Manx humour. Gaelg aboo!

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Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
106 minutes
Episodes
28
Years Active
2025
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Goll as Gaccan 7.9.25 - Scran off to London, new Manx lessons, bilingualism and some cracking music.

Goll as Gaccan 7.9.25 - Scran off to London, new Manx lessons, bilingualism and some cracking music.

Manx traditional youth super group Scran are off to London for a big performance, new Manx lessons are starting soon and more from Prof Antonella Sorace on the benefits of bilingualism. She chengey b…

01:49:23  |   Mon 08 Sep 2025
Goll as Gaccan 31.8.25 - local historian Peter Kelly and 11th Manx Bard Bradley Chambers

Goll as Gaccan 31.8.25 - local historian Peter Kelly and 11th Manx Bard Bradley Chambers

Peter Kelly joins Phil to discus 13 government owned buildings and structures which have been proposed for registration, including the Tynwald Buildings, the Royal Chapel in St Johns and various rail…

01:47:09  |   Sun 31 Aug 2025
Goll as Gaccan 24.8.25 - fiddle books, bilingual matters and a Manx jam making lesson

Goll as Gaccan 24.8.25 - fiddle books, bilingual matters and a Manx jam making lesson

Loads crammed into Goll as Gaccan this week. How to make blackberry jam in Manx, Prof Antonella Sorace talks to Adrian Cain about the benefits of bilingualism and Howard Caine talks to Chloe Wooley a…

01:47:25  |   Tue 26 Aug 2025
Goll as Gaccan 17.8.25 - Ruth joins Phil to talk about their passion for language learning.

Goll as Gaccan 17.8.25 - Ruth joins Phil to talk about their passion for language learning.

Ruth Keggin-Gell joins Phil this week and topic include the Welsh Eisteddfod, how language learning is good for the soul and they explore Manx words that sound similar but mean different things. Shen…

01:45:11  |   Sun 17 Aug 2025
Goll as Gaccan 10.8.25 - chutney, jam and banjo tickling ... as palchey dy Ghaelg!

Goll as Gaccan 10.8.25 - chutney, jam and banjo tickling ... as palchey dy Ghaelg!

David Kinley joins Phil to taste gooseberry jam and chutney, David tickles three banjos, we discuss the origins of some Rushen placenames and somehow cram it all in to two hours. As ny jarrood kiaull…

01:45:13  |   Sun 10 Aug 2025
Goll as Gaccan 3.8.25 - St Maughold, some lewd August customs and earish vooar cheet!

Goll as Gaccan 3.8.25 - St Maughold, some lewd August customs and earish vooar cheet!

Kinla struck down with the murran so no jam this week but we do have St Maughold, some lewd August customs and earish vooar cheet! St Maughold was a bit of a middle ages superstar and using the old s…

01:45:03  |   Sun 03 Aug 2025
Goll as Gaccan 27.7.25 - Ruth, Phil and Natalie discuss Yn Chruinnaght, learning Manx and the Southern show.

Goll as Gaccan 27.7.25 - Ruth, Phil and Natalie discuss Yn Chruinnaght, learning Manx and the Southern show.

Ruth and Phil are joined by Natalie to discuss a highly successful Yn Chruinnaght festival, the Scoill Souree and a proposal to sing Bohemian Rhapsody in Manx for the Year of the Manx Language. Some …

01:45:38  |   Sun 27 Jul 2025
Goll as Gaccan 20.7.25 - fliaghey, buitchyn as kiaull - a damp, musical sorcery sort of a show

Goll as Gaccan 20.7.25 - fliaghey, buitchyn as kiaull - a damp, musical sorcery sort of a show

Hampton Creer's research into Jony Lewney, some Manx weather and a preview of Yn Chruinnaght. With a liberal shower of Manx, Celtic, world and rain related music. Ta Goll as Gaccan beggan fliugh yn s…

01:47:51  |   Sun 20 Jul 2025
Goll as Gaccan - Kinla and Phil talk about the HU, jam and hedge building.

Goll as Gaccan - Kinla and Phil talk about the HU, jam and hedge building.

Where else can you hear live jam tasting, listen to Mongolian metal from the Hu, learn how to build a traditional Manx hedge and learn some Manx at the same time. Ta Goll as Gaccan jus yindyssagh ta …

01:47:39  |   Sun 13 Jul 2025
Goll as Gaccan - 6.7.25 - Tynwald Day special

Goll as Gaccan - 6.7.25 - Tynwald Day special

Well on this Tynwald Day special there's a reference to various customs and practices associated with midsummer eve and day which used to be when Tynwald was held. An attempt to translate 'funky' int…

01:45:00  |   Sun 06 Jul 2025
Goll as Gaccan 29.6.25 - jam making ayns Gaelg!

Goll as Gaccan 29.6.25 - jam making ayns Gaelg!

Some great success with Manx strawberry jam making lessons, some Braddan place names and some cracking Manx and world music. Gaelg aboo as pop music too! Cre elley ry yannoo 'sy chay chiu?

01:46:01  |   Sun 29 Jun 2025
Goll as Gaccan 22.6.25 - Laa Columb Killey, Tynwald Day and the Year of the Manx Language

Goll as Gaccan 22.6.25 - Laa Columb Killey, Tynwald Day and the Year of the Manx Language

Ruth Keggin Gell joins Phil this week for a skeet at Laa Columb Killey, Tynwald Day and the Year of the Manx Language. There's also beards, rail cards and Manx sod hedges. Shoh meshtit ry-cheilley le…

01:48:47  |   Sun 22 Jun 2025
Goll as Gaccan 15.6.25 - Professor Andrew MacDonald tells us about the Medieval Kingdom of Man and the Isles

Goll as Gaccan 15.6.25 - Professor Andrew MacDonald tells us about the Medieval Kingdom of Man and the Isles

Goll as Gaccan 15.6.25 - Professor Andrew MacDonald tells us about the Medieval Kingdom of Man and the Isles

Prof McDonald is an historian of the medieval British Isles, with particular interests in m…

01:46:25  |   Sun 15 Jun 2025
Goll as Gaccan 8.6.25 - Folklorist Stephen Miller RBV joins Phil for trawl through Manx fairy law.

Goll as Gaccan 8.6.25 - Folklorist Stephen Miller RBV joins Phil for trawl through Manx fairy law.

Manx folklore expert Stephen Miller RBV joins Phil for trawl through Manx fairy law and folklore. All the usual Manx language features, some Manx music and a bit of Status Quo to round off TT fortnig…

01:47:04  |   Tue 10 Jun 2025
Goll as Gaccan - Jam, Jurby and the Beaufort scale - David and Phil discuss

Goll as Gaccan - Jam, Jurby and the Beaufort scale - David and Phil discuss

As well as a jam tasting session, some Jurby place names and plenty of Gaccan about weather warning colours instead of the Beaufort scale, we've got some cracking tunes and a good smattering of Manx …

01:44:44  |   Sun 01 Jun 2025
Goll as Gaccan 25.5.25 - schools, scholars and TT place names.

Goll as Gaccan 25.5.25 - schools, scholars and TT place names.

Some history from William Cubbon and half a lap around the TT place names. The usual mix of Manx Language history and culture with Phil Gawne.

01:48:39  |   Tue 27 May 2025
Goll as Gaccan 18.5.25 - Ruth and Phil talk all things Manx as well as enjoying some good music.

Goll as Gaccan 18.5.25 - Ruth and Phil talk all things Manx as well as enjoying some good music.

Yn Chruinnaght, some Manx words and phrases, a couple of TT place names and loads more beautifully mixed with music and song. What's not to like about that?

01:47:19  |   Sun 18 May 2025
Goll as Gaccan 4.5.25 - a letter from Canada, a bit of Manx and a load of old chiollaghs!

Goll as Gaccan 4.5.25 - a letter from Canada, a bit of Manx and a load of old chiollaghs!

Kinla brought in a letter from Canada to his relatives from 80 years ago. Some beautiful descriptions of the Isle of Man almost a century ago and characters including Jinnie the Loosebox and the Blac…

01:48:41  |   Sun 11 May 2025
Goll as Gaccan 11.5.25 - a Leonard McCombe special!

Goll as Gaccan 11.5.25 - a Leonard McCombe special!

Leonard McCombe was one of the Isle of Man’s most successful photographers, producing some of the 20th Century’s most iconic images. Goll as Gaccan talks to the McCombe family, Rushen Heritage Trust,…

01:47:30  |   Sun 11 May 2025
Goll as Gaccan 27.4.25 - WW Gill and William Kennish

Goll as Gaccan 27.4.25 - WW Gill and William Kennish

A mix of poetry and a biography of William Kinnish and some Manx English from WW Gill as well as foretokens of misfortune. Some cracking Manx tracks and the other music’s pretty good too

01:45:42  |   Sun 04 May 2025
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