History of the Isle of Man

Shennaghys Vannin , Have Manx (Gaelg) and English languages

(Gaelg)

Ta Ellan Vannin ny voayl da cummaltys deiney veih jerrey yn Eash Rioee Yerrinagh ny smoo na 10,000 bleeantyn er-dy-henney. Haink ram soiagheryn as traghtalee gys yn ellan harrish ny bleeantyn. Ny yei coloinaghys yn ellan lesh sleih ass Nerin 'sy chied villey bleeaney, haink y Chreestiaght gys yn ellan as ny yei shen va'n ellan currit da soiaghyn liorish ny Loghlynee ass Norlynn. Ny yei ard-çhiarnys fo stiurey Norlynn myr cooid jeh Reeriaght Vannin as ny h-Ellanyn, haink er Mannin dy ve ny shellooders ny crooinyn Albinagh as Sostynagh.

Veih'n vlein 1866, va Mannin ny Croghane-Crooin as ta hene-reiltys deynlagh eck.

(English)

The Isle of Man had become physically separated from Great Britain and Ireland by 6500 BC. It appears that colonisation took place by sea sometime during the Mesolithic era (about 6500 BC). The island has been visited by various raiders and trading peoples over the years. After being settled by people from Ireland in the first millennium AD, the Isle of Man was converted to Christianity and then suffered raids by Vikings from Norway. After becoming subject to Norwegian suzerainty as part of the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles, the Isle of Man later became a possession of the Scottish and then the English crowns.

Since 1866, the Isle of Man has been a Crown Dependency and has democratic self-government.