Claare ny Gael 18th October 2020

James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, was known as Yn Stanlagh Mooar ('the great Stanley') by the Manx people, not from affection but as an acknowledgement of the power he exercised, not just in the Isle of Man and the north-west of England and North Wales, but in the royal court and in the House of Lords. He fought for the crown in the civil war. After his capture, Oliver Cromwell gave an order that he should be tried at Chester - and executed at Bolton. The verdict was pre-ordained and he was executed, though among scenes that must have surprised the Parliamentarians, on 15th October 1651.  Our story confusingly jumps back to the third episode - having stupidly given the fourth part by mistake last time! It's a version in Manx called 'Scapail!' of a story by an American writer, Mike Scofield.  As nyn giaull : FAIRPORT CONVENTION - Sickness and diseases TRIO FROGER - Marguerite au bord de mer ALANA CLINE - Micho Russell's/Rip the Calico TECWYN IFAN - Cariad MAIRI NIC GHOBHAIN & LILIS O LAOIRE - Ged a sheol PYBA - Fer Lyskerys/Heva/Bodmin riding BILL CORLETT & PHIL GAWNE - Y ghraih my chree 's my stoyr MARY HOPKIN - Aderyn llwyd SWAP - Molnbyggen/Mobilen