Claare ny Gael 20th June 2021

King Robert the Bruce is a well-known figure in Scottish history. Perhaps less-known is the fact that he spent a month here in the Island, arriving on 18th May 1313 and leaving after the fall of Castle Rushen after a siege, when the Lord Dougal Mac Dowyl held out for a month. A W Moore gives the date of the end of that siege as 21st June 1313.  Neddy Beg Hom Ruy's reminiscences give us a good description of how the herring fishery was conducted in the mid- to late-nineteenth century. As y kiaull ain y cheayrt shoh - BREABACH - Coisich a ruin MEIC STEVENS - Ar y mynydd THE SKYMASTERS DANCE ORCHESTRA - The garden where the praties grow BRENDA WOOTTON & NICHOLAS MATTHEWS - The mermaid RUNRIG - Mairi THE FOLK DANCE BAND - Nancy's fancy                                                                                                                                                    MORRISTON ORPHEUS CHOIR - Myfanwy AALIN CLAGUE - Snaih DONALD HUGHES - Mony Musk