50 minutes | Tuesday, 15 September 2020
We hear about a tragedy at the mouth of Douglas Harbour when three men on board a smack, 'Hero', were drowned on 13th September 1873. The event also caused the resignation of the coxswain of Douglas lifeboat, William Curphey, who had been critical of the position of the lifeboat house, on the Harris Promenade below St Thomas's Church. He was proved right when the lifeboat was unable to launch to help the 'Hero', though right at the harbour mouth. Our story in Manx, 'Cre Cho Doo as ta'n Speyr', is about a grandfather and his grandson in a world and time where people are cut off from nature - a translation of a story by an American, K J Kabza. As nyn giaull : CATHERINE-ANN McPHEE - Canan nan Gaidheal : MASSED CORNISH MALE VOICE CHOIRS - Take me home : GOITSE - Siobhainin seo : FIONA McARDLE, CLIOGAREE TWOAIE & KING CHIAULLEE - Arrane ben vlieaun/Churnal jiu as churnal jea : PLU - Arthur : RAKESH CHAURASIA & ZAKIR HUSSAIN - Music from northern India : FINLAY MacNEILL - Dh'eirich na deoir : UNCREDITED BRETON SINGER - An amzer dremenet : THE TYDE - Beth & Bert