The People vs Illiam Dhone The next big The Developers: Commemoration: religion in Who will win? The Orations Mannin Page 5 Page 12 Page 14 EARROO / ISSUE 54 | JERREY GEUREE / JANUARY 2016 THE FREE MANX NEWSPAPER BY MEC VANNIN A Sign of the Times Why did this image resonate with the Manx people? Page 9 www.mecvannin.im Y Clou Shoh / This Edition Failt erriu gys clou elley jeh Yn Pabyr ny h-oraidyn Ghaelgagh as Baarlagh Myr dy kinjagh, cur shiu coo- Seyr, yn pabyr-naight lieh- son y laa eh hene chammah as artyn inaght er cur shilley er ny duillagyn vleeanagh ta goll er cur magh ec veih Allen Moore erreish turrys gys Facebook as Twitter ain cour tanna- Mec Vannin. Shoh yn nah chlou Catalonia, Peddyr Mac Phaayl shas- ghtyn heose rish as goaill ayrn jeh'n jeh'n cummey noa ain as te ny chlou soo ass lieh deynlaght as yn sleih naight as ny jannooyn ain. er lheh prentit ayns traa mie son y Valley ny Croshey, as ta shin freayll Peddyr Mac Niallan Sharmanys Cooinaght Illiam Dhone spohthoilshey cadjin er jannooyn ny Fembleyder 2016. Reiltys jannoo ymmyd jeh tuarastyl, Ta'n clou shoh goaill stiagh smooinaghtyn, as aittys. Post-l: [email protected] Welcome to another issue of Yn and English orations for day itself as As always, remember to visit Pabyr Seyr, the biannual newspaper well as articles from Allen Moore our Facebook and Twitter pages to released by Mec Vannin. This is the following a trip to Catalonia, Peter keep up-to-date with and take part second of our new format and a Quayle standing up for democracy in our news and other activities. special issue printed in time for the and the people of Crosby, and we Peter Crellin 2016 Illiam Dhone Commemoration keep a general spotlight on Govern- Editor Ceremony. ment activity through report, This issue contains the Manx thought, and humour. Email: [email protected] Red Beg dy Chultoor / A Litte Bit of Culture Dobberan Çhengey ny Mayrey Ellan Vannin Illiam Kennish Myr va mee my lomarcan troailt harrish Sniaul, Va my chree er ny ghleayshaghey ayns my cheu sthie, Tra va'n coleayrtys y hayrn; Tra honnick mee stayd yn cretoor; E choamrey harrish cheu Vannin jeh’n theihll, Son ec y chied hilley jee honnick mee mie, As dooghys cur biallys da'n Çhiarn; Dy row ee er dhuittym veih pooar. Dy choodaghey‘n seihll lesh cloagey yn oie, Tra haink ee ny sniessey dou, cheayll mee ee gra: As aash y chur lesh gys sheelnaue, "Ogh! ogh! ta my heaghyn dy trome, Veih boiraghyn seihltagh as laboraght creoi, Myr shoh dy ve scart veih sheelnaue son dy braa, Son ooilley cretooryn e laue. Gys diunid shenn Traa dy gholl roym!" Myr shoh va mee faagit dou hene er y clieau, Va yn ushag veg ruy goll roee gys yn crouw; Fegooish nhee dy heshiaght erbee, Va ny eayin gys nyn moiraghyn roie; Dy ghobberan harrish dagh voirey as streeu, Va yn oie er yn ‘aarkey, lesh cochaslys grouw, Ta seaghney Mannin my chree; Dy gastey cheet veih yn niar hwoaie; Tra honnick mee ben voght ayns coamrey glass, Va fainagh ny ghrianey er n’eiyrt harrish oirr, Çheet my whail ny mastey yn freoagh, Ny farkiaght dowin yn sheear ass; Lesh ooilley mygeayrt y mooee frytlagh as rast, Va yn eayst ayns yn shiar er n’irree ayns gloyr; Roie myr dy beagh ee er keoiagh! Va yn sheear ayns e coamrey glass. 2 Tra hoie shin sheese cooidjagh er lhuss glass ny faaie, Son va’n aigney oc gyn y Ellan dy stroie, As dooyrt ee rhym, "Vanninagh, eaisht, Ny chur ayns y joarree treishteil. As neem dhyt ass ny screeunyn shoh lhaih My hrimshey fo soilshey yn eayst." O! Dy jinnagh adsyn ta sthill er y çheu, My Ellan veg nish çhaglym cooidjagh, Eisht ren ee goaill toshiaght, as lhaih ee myr shoh: Dy chloh veih my hraieyn lesh siyr yn toyrt-mow, "Ayns laghyn ta er ny gholl shaghey, Ta megeayrt-y-moom nish er n'ghoaill toshiaght; Cha row mee rieau laccal my coamrey noa, Dy reayll mee veih feayraght as fliaghey. As çhyndaa nyn gleayshyn veih ooilley yn chiaull, Ta jeant mygeayrt Mannin Veg Veen, Son mish, bee fys ayd er, ta scaan y çhenn ghlare, Lesh deiney ta gys dy chooilley nhee doal, Ec cloan Vannin er my hregeil; Er-lhimmey son berçhys daue hene! Agh s’beg fys ta ocsyn dy beagh eh ny share, Daue mish dy ve harroo dy reill. Agh quoi ta ad hene ta geamagh myr shoh, Agh adsyn ta laccal pooar dy reill, Son mish ta er reayll yn fer joarree ersooyl, Harrish Manninee dooie, lesh lorg reill noa, Son keeadyn dy vleintyn dy hraa; My yiow ad sleih doue dy chur-geill? As va mee er reill veih yn traie gys Barool, Da Manninee dooie son dy braa. O! Gow shiu my choyrle shiuish sthill ta er-mayrn, Jeh cummaltee dooie Vannin voght; Agh nish ta yn voyrn oc er chur lesh yn Vaarle, As ny chur shiu geill da nyn raaidyn shenn vraane, Eer seose yn glione mooar Tolt-y-Will, Mygeayrt-y-mysh liggar as jough. As mastey ny reeastyn er lhiattee Wooar Cardle, As creggyn yn Creg-Willy-Sill. O! Dy jinnagh cummaltee Vannin cordail, Ny shenn leighyn oc keillit dy reayll, Myr ta’n croaghan ‘sy tourey yn maase cur er ouyl, As gyn sodjey nyn draa dy stroie ayns fardail, Ta’n voyrn er ny chur orroo roie, Dy eaishtagh rish deiney gyn keeayl! Lesh y ghah, veih kione heear yn Niarhyl gys Groudle, As veih Colloo as ny Ein gys y twoaie; Agh son aym pene, neem çhelleeragh goll roym, Dy 'ollagh mee hene ayns y joan," Dy lhiattee veih raaidyn nyn ayraghyn dooie, Dooyrt yn red trimshagh, lesh osney dy trome, Nagh ren rieau myr shoh m’y hregeil; "Son jeeagh cre cha lheeah ta my chione." Mec Vannin Official Mec Vannin @Mec_Vannin 3 Naight / News The Manx and the Catalans – Different People, the Same Struggle Allen Moore, Mec Vannin International Relations Officer What is the difference between the constitutionally indivisible such that allegiance to the UK Crown. The Manx and the Catalans? Lots, of if there is a “threat” to the unity of existence of the oath of allegiance course, but we are not so different, Spain, the military has the obligation means that nobody who wants in- you know. We both have histories of to act. dependence from the UK is in all being conquered and having consti- In the Isle of Man we do not honestly able to stand for the House tutions imposed on us which bene- have anything like that hanging over of Keys. Is this democracy? fits the conquerors, not ourselves as us, do we? Well, our constitutional Returning to the subject of the subject people. relationship with the United King- Catalunya, for years after his victory The last time that Catalunya dom also works against our com- in the Spanish Civil War (helped by (called Catalonia in the English lan- plete independence. Tynwald is con- Hitler and Mussolini) Franco took guage) was conquered was in the stituted in the image of the UK's revenge by torturing and murdering late 1930s during the Spanish Civil parliament, with upper and lower those who had opposed him and War. Catalunya had enjoyed a spell chambers. Having recently gone had stayed in Spain or returned. This of autonomy before then, but in through the by-elections in Peel and included many Catalans. After 1939 it became part of a fascist Glenfaba as well as the events which World War 2 Spain was welcomed state. That would have happened to sparked them, it is clear what a as part of NATO because of Franco's us, too, if the Nazis and the other waste of time the upper house in the anti-Communist policies. Axis Powers had won the World Isle of Man is. A majority of the Many thousands of Catalans War that followed if the Allies, our- MLCs voted out a scheme for politi- fled their country at the start of selves included, had not succeeded cians and senior civil servants to pay 1939 ahead of the advance of in the end. for their parking. Yes, they gave the Franco's forces. The majority of Franco, Spain's fascist dicta- excuse that the scheme was flawed. them went to France and were ac- tor, died in 1975, and Spain began Over there in the UK, too, their up- commodated in what were effec- its long transition to a more democ- per house has just caused chaos by tively concentration camps out in ratic form of government. Of course, not knowing what they are sup- the open in mid winter. Despite that, fascism did not die with Franco. The posed to do in a vote. Voting against Catalans were very much on our constitution decided on for Spain something that the elected members side in WW2. They'd already had was drafted partly to placate the far voted for? Shocking! What is the their hopes dashed by fascism, right. One clause which hangs to point of an unelected upper cham- which was emboldened by its suc- this day over the aspirations of Cata- ber? cess in the Spanish Civil War. We lunya and, also, Euskadi (the Basque What stands against democ- were on the fascists' hit list. Many Country) is that the Spanish state is racy in the Isle of Man is the oath of Catalans worked on France's Magi- not Line and, when France surren- dered to Hitler, many were either sent back to Spain for execution or were imprisoned in the Nazi con- centration camps.