Goll as Gaccan

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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 …

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…

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?

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…

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…

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 …

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.

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?

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…

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,…

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