Name

Yn Cheshaght Ghailckagh

Description

The Manx Language Society, founded in 1899 by A.W. Moore — Speaker of the House of Keys, historian, the man whose History of the Isle of Man documented the crime with the restrained fury of someone who loves the thing that has been damaged. Its motto: Gyn chengey, gyn cheer — Without language, without country. The revival began before the last native speaker died. Brian Stowell began teaching and promoting Manx in the 1960s. Douglas Faragher's English-Manx dictionary introduced twentieth-century vocabulary to a language frozen in the nineteenth. In 2001, Bunscoill Ghaelgagh opened — the first primary school teaching entirely through Manx.

Active Period

1899–present

Also Known As

Manx Language Society

Place

Isle of Man

Period

Modern Era

Type

Language

Cultural Revival

Society

Book Chapter

Chapter 18