50 minutes | Sunday, 19 September 2021
In the wreck of the herring fleet at the mouth of Douglas Harbour on 21st September 1787, 21 men died. The number injured is not recorded. In the longer term, there were serious economic consequences because so many fishing vessels were damaged beyond repair. The herring fishery was important domestically as part of the Manx crofting way of life and in international trade.
We look at the Manx traditional song about that tragedy and another about loss at sea.
As y kiaull ain y cheayrt shoh -
ANDREW WILLIAMSON & FENELLA BAZIN - The wreck of the herring fleet
PLETHYN - 'Fuoch chi 'rioed yn morio?
CEILIHOUSE - Out on the ocean
NOLWEN LEROY - Tri martolod youank
DONALD ROSS & WILLIAM BURNETT - Birlinn Ghoraidh Chrovan
THE BOLINGEY TROYL BAND - The Newlyn fishermen's reel
THE VOICE SQUAD - Willie Taylor
MEIC STEVENS - Can Walter
RIVERDANCE - Reel around the sun