Kentraugh is an estate in the parish of Rushen in the south of the Isle of Man. It was the seat of William Qualtrough, one of the four men specifically exempted from the Act of General Pardon of 1660 alongside William Christian (Illiam Dhone), and the estate features in Lib Scacc records relating to the Dhone rebellion.
Kentucky is a state in the south-eastern United States. Manx emigrants and their descendants were among those who moved into Kentucky and other frontier territories during the westward expansion of the United States, following the pattern of migration from the older Eastern Seaboard settlements.
Kirk Andreas is a parish in the north of the Isle of Man. It is notable for its collection of Norse cross-slabs and carved stones, which are among the most important Viking-age monuments on the Island, and for its connections to several families who emigrated to America during the nineteenth century.
Kirk Braddan is a parish adjoining Douglas on the Isle of Man. Its ancient church and churchyard contain significant early Christian and Norse cross-slabs, and the parish played an important role in the Island's ecclesiastical and administrative history.
Kirk German is a parish in the west of the Isle of Man. It includes the ceremonial centre of St John's, where Tynwald meets annually on Tynwald Hill, making it one of the most symbolically important parishes on the Island.
Kirk Malew is a parish in the south of the Isle of Man encompassing the former capital of Castletown. It was central to the Island's governance as the location of Castle Rushen, the Governor's residence and principal garrison, and its churchyard contains the graves of numerous prominent figures in Manx history.
Kirk Maughold is a parish in the north-east of the Isle of Man, named after St Maughold, a legendary Irish saint said to have floated to the Island in a coracle. Its churchyard contains one of the most important collections of early Christian cross-slabs on the Island, spanning the period from the sixth to the twelfth century.
Kirk Michael is a parish and village on the west coast of the Isle of Man, the location of Bishopscourt, the historic residence of the Bishop of Sodor and Man. It contains notable Norse cross-slabs in its churchyard and was an important centre of ecclesiastical and civil administration.
Knockaloe is a site in the parish of Patrick in the west of the Isle of Man. During the First World War, it served as one of the largest civilian internment camps in the British Isles, holding up to 23,000 enemy aliens at its peak. The site had previously been a farm within the historic Knockaloe estate.
Knowsley is the seat of the Stanley family, Earls of Derby, located in Lancashire, England. The Stanleys held the Lordship of Mann from 1405 to 1736, governing the Island from their English estates through appointed governors, and Knowsley Hall served as the principal family residence throughout this period.
Lancashire is a historic county in north-west England. It was closely connected to the Isle of Man through the Stanley Earls of Derby, whose English estates were concentrated in Lancashire, and through the trading ports of Liverpool and Lancaster that served as the primary commercial links between the Island and the English mainland.
Lathom is a locality in Lancashire, England, site of Lathom House, a seat of the Stanley family. The Siege of Lathom House in 1644, during which Charlotte de la Tremouille, Countess of Derby, defended the stronghold against Parliamentary forces, is a celebrated episode in Stanley family history with direct connections to the contemporaneous events on the Isle of Man.
Lewaigue is an estate in the parish of Maughold in the north-east of the Isle of Man. It was a seat of the Christian family, one of the Island's most prominent families; Ewan Christian of Lewaigue was among the notable figures in Manx public life.
Lezayre is a parish in the north of the Isle of Man. It is home to Milntown, the seat of the Christian family of Lezayre, and was the only parish to have two militia companies in the Island's military organisation. The parish also has connections to Myles Standish, who may have been of Manx origin, as the Standish family owned Ellanbane in Lezayre from 1540.
Lhergy Frissel is a location on the Isle of Man. The name suggests a Manx Gaelic toponym (lhergy meaning "slope"), and it may be connected to the Frissell family who appear among the officers of the Royal Manx Fencibles.
Lhergy Veg ("the Little Slope") is a site in the parish of Lonan on the Isle of Man, a deserted house once tenanted by weavers. One occupant was known as "the Fairy Doctor" and "the Fairy Tailor", who practised unorthodox veterinary work and was said to get his tunes from river sounds. Beneath the house were "fairy-holes" where offerings of food were placed, and figures wearing strange head-dress were said to emerge from below the hearthstone.
Lhiaght y Kinry ("the Grave of Kinry") is a site in the parish of Braddan on the Isle of Man. According to tradition, Kinry attempted to run naked from Douglas to Bishopscourt and back on a snowy winter's day for a trifling wager, and on returning fell down dead on this spot, where a marker commemorates the story.
Liverpool is a major port city in Lancashire on the north-west coast of England. It was the principal port of embarkation for Manx emigrants travelling to America during the nineteenth century, and served as the main commercial link between the Isle of Man and the wider world, with regular packet services connecting the two.
London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. As the seat of the British government and Parliament, it was where the decisions leading to the Revestment of 1765 were made, where the Duke of Atholl's representatives negotiated the terms of sale, and where the Purchase Act and Mischief Act were rushed through both Houses in a fortnight.
Butte, Montana, was a major copper mining centre that attracted Manx miners from the 1880s and 1890s onwards, as the decline of the Laxey and Foxdale mines on the Island drove experienced miners to seek work abroad. The site, described as "the richest hill on earth", drew Manx settlers who maintained connections with their homeland through the North American Manx Association.
Chicago attracted Manx settlers particularly after the great fire of 1871, when reconstruction work brought over many Manx builders and carpenters. By the mid-twentieth century, the city contained a substantial population of Manx descent, with about half of the North American Manx Association's Illinois membership residing in and around Chicago.
Galva, in the north-central section of Illinois, was settled by Manx farming families from 1848 and 1849 onwards, with emigrants coming particularly from Onchan, Crosby, Peel, and northern parishes such as Bride and Andreas. The Galva Manx Society held meetings attended by several hundred persons, and the settlement formed part of a broader Manx presence across the Illinois prairie farmlands.
Minnesota was among the American states where Manx emigrants settled during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The state's membership in the North American Manx Association reflects the broader pattern of Manx settlement across the upper Midwest.
Manx miners settled in Iowa County, Wisconsin, near Dodgeville and Mineral Point, during the lead mining boom of the mid-nineteenth century. By 1855 the community was large enough to build its own church, known as the Laxey Church, but the settlement dispersed as the shallow lead deposits were exhausted in the second half of the century.
Marown is a parish in the central part of the Isle of Man. Its parish church, dedicated to St Runius, is one of the ancient keeills (chapels) of the Island, and the parish encompasses part of the central uplands and the valley of the River Dhoo.