Parish on the west coast of the Isle of Man, including Peel and St Patrick's Isle.

The parish takes its name from St German, whose cathedral stood within Peel Castle on St Patrick's Isle. The cathedral made German one of the principal ecclesiastical districts of the Island and connected the parish directly with the Bishops of Sodor and Man.

Peel formed the principal settlement. The River Neb reaches the sea there, beside St Patrick's Isle, while the parish extended inland towards St John's and the central valley. Robertson's description included Peel within German and recorded the roads and river crossings which linked the west-coast town with the rest of the Island.

The old cathedral remained the burial place of bishops and rulers after the medieval kingdom had declined. Bishop Simon, who began the cathedral church of St German, was buried there after his death in 1247.

The parish also contained numerous smaller ecclesiastical sites and carved stones. Antiquarian writers treated German, Peel Castle and St Patrick's Isle together because the boundaries between parish church, cathedral, fortress and town were closely interwoven.

Peel's fishing and harbour economy gave Kirk German a maritime character distinct from many inland parishes. The Neb, harbour and western sea remained the main focus of the settlement, while the eastern part of the parish reached towards Tynwald and the routes across the Island.