500 Years of Manx History at Ballacarnane

Stories of a Manx farm from over 500 years: murder, fire, curses and more.
A tour of Ballacarnane in the parish of Michael, Isle of Man, uncovering some of the fascinating history and stories which lie all around such an old Manx farm passed down through the Cannell family for 100s of years.
This film of John Cannell in conversation with Katie Newton was filmed at Ballacarnane on 11 June 2018.
Culture Vannin owes a great debt of gratitude to Mr Cannell for his generosity in allowing us to share these stories through this film.
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[@stusmith1074]

Fantastic fascinating video , what a lovely chap he has so many great stories to share and the lady asking the questions was great ,she didn't interrupt him she let him tell his wonderful tales.

[@ReidHenderson]

Im a South Carolinian but thoroughly enjoyed listening to this.

[@carlykatleson]

I really loved this video. Thanks so much for preserving such fascinating and important history.

[@timthejewler]

Wonderful history, thank you so much for sharing 😁

[@liamkatt6434]

Lovely video. thank you so much.

[@anthonykinrade8642]

Hopefully the old Chapel can be tidied up and preserved.

[@fiegenfiegen]

Really interesting video. I think that "in this day and age", where everything evolves at a ridiculously fast pace, we should definitely include our granparents' experiences and their memory as ethnography or they will be lost very quickly. Thank you!

[@ukfm]

I'm a descndent of William Cannell and Annie Quayle from Kirk Michael. They moved to Whitehaven in the 1850's. :)

[@kevinthegerbil2708]

I have just seen this video. I too have relatives there from old. I have a death certificate hand written from Dougles in 1895 of a relative she was only age 23. My name is Collister. Time to do some research. Also have old photos of grand father in the fields by a stone fence. Our relatives would undoubtedly have known each other.

[@kevinthegerbil2708]

Great video. Time for me to research my history. I live outside London, my fathers side came from I O Man many years ago. Collister is the family name.

[@metaphysicmike1477]

What a fantastic oral history from this gent. Thanks for sharing.

[@ScotsLyon]

My wifes Manx a Maddrell from Ramsey, I absoulutely love the Island

[@miss_mars931]

Oh I love hearing old manx accents, never hear it anymore.

[@joeydelrio]

10:30 does anyone know the name of this flower/weed?

[@culturevannin8486]

It's a thistle, before the purple flowers burst out into bloom.

[@Happy_HIbiscus]

😊😊😊😊

[@L0RDK3Y]

What if a Manx mixed with a Pict?

[@anthonyrooksmith3189]

What an accent, its like a cross between irish, scottish and scouse. 😂

[@culturevannin8486]

Manx, the best of the best! :)