Claare ny Gael 14th January 2024

J J Kneen's chapter on nicknames in his 1937 'Personal Names of the Isle of Man' reprinted almost verbatim what A W Moore had written in his 1890 'Surnames and Place-Names of the Isle of Man', but with some additions and alternatives. We look at those  additions and alternatives. We hear that Mina Harker had a disturbed time whilst the search party was next door searching the house, Carfax, for Count Dracula's boxes of Transylvanian earth. Subsequently, she feels strangely tired and unsure about sleep and what she seems to see in her dreams. As y kiaull ain -  JIM WEARNE - This isn't England CEATHRAR - Faoilean YR HENNESSEYS - Pwt ar y bys MURDO MACLEOD & JOHN MURRAY - Fiollaigean NOLWENN LEROY - Karantez vro TIM PRICE - Cronk ny Arrey Laa KARRYGI DU - Oll DERMOT O'BRIEN - Neansai ANTON DAVILA & ARAN - Xotas galegas