Name

Death of Ned Maddrell

Description

Ned Maddrell, the last native speaker of Manx Gaelic, died at Cregneash. His death was reported internationally as the death of a language. But by then, Brian Stowell and Douglas Faragher and others had already begun the revival work that would prove the reports premature. The language was not dead. It was waiting.

Date

27 December 1974

Place

Cregneash, Isle of Man

People Involved

Chapter 18

Type

Cultural / Linguistic