Derbyhaven is a small harbour on the Langness peninsula in the south of the Isle of Man. It takes its name from the Earls of Derby, Lords of Mann, and was the traditional landing place for the Lord on his arrival at the Island; nearby Derby Fort was part of the Island's coastal defence network.
Donnybrook is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Its connection to the Isle of Man relates to the extensive links between the Island and Ireland, particularly during the eighteenth century when the Manx smuggling trade heavily affected Irish customs revenues and prompted the Irish government to support the Revestment policy.
Douglas is the capital and largest town of the Isle of Man, situated on the east coast at the mouth of the River Dhoo. Originally a secondary port behind Castletown, it grew in importance through the eighteenth-century trade and became the seat of government when the capital was transferred in 1869. Beneath its streets, extensive underground warehouses were constructed during the smuggling era to store dutiable goods destined for clandestine export to Britain and Ireland.
Dub ny Marroo ("Pool of the Dead") is located on Lamb Hill along the funeral road (Bayr ny Merroo) from Shellack Point to Kirk Bride in the north of the Isle of Man. When a funeral procession passed this way, the bier was laid down on a stone beside the pool, a prayer was said, and a handful of water was sprinkled on the corpse before the journey continued to the parish church.
Dublin is the capital of Ireland. It was closely connected to the Isle of Man through trade, administration, and the movement of people, particularly during the eighteenth century when Manx smuggling severely affected Irish customs revenues. The annuity of two thousand pounds granted to the Duke of Atholl after the Revestment was charged on the Irish revenues.
Dumbarton Rock is a volcanic plug on the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, the site of an ancient fortress. Its connection to the Isle of Man relates to the Norse Kingdom of Mann and the Isles and the broader Scottish-Manx political relationships during the medieval period.
Dunkeld is a town in Perthshire, Scotland, near Blair Castle, seat of the Murray Dukes of Atholl. The Murray family's estates in the Dunkeld area formed part of the wider landholdings of the dukes who held the Lordship of Mann from 1736 until the Revestment.
Dunkirk is a port city in northern France. It featured in the maritime networks connecting the Isle of Man with Continental Europe, and Manx trading and smuggling vessels frequented French Channel ports during the eighteenth century.
Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland. Its connection to the Isle of Man includes the political relationships between the Scottish Crown and the Island during the medieval period, and later through the Murray Dukes of Atholl, who as Scottish peers maintained connections with Edinburgh's legal and political institutions.
England is the largest constituent country of the United Kingdom and the suzerain power that exercised overlordship of the Isle of Man. The relationship between the English Crown and the Island shaped Manx history profoundly, from the medieval transfer of the Lordship to the English Stanleys in 1405, through the Revestment of 1765, to the continuing constitutional relationship as a Crown Dependency.
Fincastle is a title and locality associated with the Murray family, Dukes of Atholl. The Viscount of Fincastle was a subsidiary title of the Atholl dukedom, connecting it to the family that held the Lordship of Mann from 1736 until the Revestment Act of 1765 transferred sovereignty to the British Crown.
France is the country across the English Channel from Britain. The wars with France in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries directly affected the Isle of Man, prompting the raising of the Royal Manx Fencibles and volunteer corps for the Island's defence, and driving significant military activity in Manx waters.
Garff is one of the six sheadings (administrative divisions) of the Isle of Man, covering the north-east of the Island. The sheading system derives from the Norse skeita-thing or "ship district", each of which was required to supply and man galleys for the defence of the kingdom.
Garroo Clagh ("Rugged Boulder") is a location on the coast north of Fleshwick in the west of the Isle of Man. A landslide at this site swamped a fleet of Dalby fishing boats that were sheltering there on a Sunday night, with only one fisherman surviving. The disaster, believed to have occurred more than a century before 1809, was regarded as divine punishment for Sunday fishing and is counted among the three great losses of the Peel herring fleet.
Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula. Its connection to the Isle of Man relates to the broader network of British military and naval stations in which Manx people served, and to the Mediterranean trading links that featured in the Island's commercial history.
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland, situated on the River Clyde. It had trading connections with the Isle of Man, particularly in the tobacco trade that shifted from Whitehaven to Glasgow during the eighteenth century, and was part of the wider network of Irish Sea ports with which the Island maintained commercial links.
Great Britain is the island comprising England, Scotland, and Wales, and the political entity whose government drove the Revestment of 1765. The relationship between Great Britain and the Isle of Man is defined by the Island's status as a Crown Dependency - neither part of the United Kingdom nor a colony, but possessing its own parliament, laws, and traditions.
Guernsey is a Crown Dependency in the English Channel, sharing with the Isle of Man a constitutional relationship with the British Crown that is distinct from membership of the United Kingdom. The 1795 order for the Royal Manx Fencibles specified that the regiment could serve in Britain, Ireland, and the Channel Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, as well as Mann.
Hango Hill is an ancient mound on the road between Castletown and Derbyhaven on the Isle of Man. It is the site where William Christian (Illiam Dhone) was executed by firing squad on 2 January 1663, on the order of Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby. Blankets were spread on the grass so that when Christian fell, not a drop of his blood would touch Manx earth.
Holland (the Netherlands) was a major trading partner in the European commerce that connected the Isle of Man with Continental markets. Dutch goods featured among the foreign merchandise imported into the Island during the smuggling era, and Manx commercial and cultural contacts with the Low Countries date back to the medieval period.
Ireland is the neighbouring island to the west of the Isle of Man, separated by the Irish Sea. The relationship between the two islands has been close throughout history, with extensive cultural, linguistic, and trading connections. Manx smuggling severely affected Irish revenues during the eighteenth century, contributing to Ireland's support for the Revestment, and the annuity granted to the Duke of Atholl after 1765 was charged upon the Irish revenue.
Islay is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. It was part of the Norse Kingdom of Mann and the Isles, over which the Kings of Mann held sovereignty from the ninth to the thirteenth century, and was connected to the Island through the Gaelic cultural and linguistic heritage shared by the Hebrides and Mann.
The Isle of Man is a self-governing Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland. With its own parliament (Tynwald), legal system, and cultural identity shaped by Celtic, Norse, and English influences, the Island has a distinctive history encompassing the Norse Kingdom of Mann and the Isles, the Stanley and Atholl lordships, and the Revestment of 1765 that brought it under direct Crown control.
Jersey is a Crown Dependency in the English Channel, sharing with the Isle of Man a constitutional relationship with the British Crown as a self-governing territory outside the United Kingdom. Like Mann, Jersey maintained its own legal traditions and parliament, and the two islands' parallel constitutional status has been a point of comparison throughout their histories.
