Claare ny Gael 19th January 2020

Bob Carswell delivers a weekly programme of great Manx Gaelic broadcasting and entertainment. At the time that James Chalenor was writing in 1653, there was very little exported from the Island. There was also an involved system of importing goods, with four Island merchants appointed to negotiate with each 'merchant stranger' about prices and distribution of goods. The Stalinist purges were the catalyst for this episode of George Orwell's satire, as we hear of what happened and the effect on the inhabitants of Gowaltys ny Beiyn. As nyn giaull : SGOIL NA CHIUIL NA GAIDHEALTACHD - Puirt-e-beul : BRIAN WEBB - Ow avon splann : THE FOLK DANCE BAND - Speed the plough : PIGYN CLUST - Hwyrgan : BRIAN Mac STOYLL & SHORYS y CREAYRIE - Ushtey millish 'sy gharee : SGOIL NA CHIUIL NA GAIDHEALTACHD - Marni Swanson of the Grey Coast : YANN-BER PREMEL - Son ar c'hafe : DEIRBHILE Ni BHROLCHAIN - Seachran Chairn tSiail : KING CHIAULLEE - Continental stomp