Name

George Waldron

Biography

English visitor who arrived on the Island around 1720. His Description of the Isle of Man became one of the most detailed accounts of Manx life in the early eighteenth century. A careful observer who documented the completeness with which Manx people inhabited the commercial world and the spirit world simultaneously. He recorded the moddey dhoo at Peel Castle — the garrison soldiers adjusting their language for a ghost — and noted that Manx people 'would be even refractory' to their clergy if they tried to preach against fairies.

Active Period

fl. 1720s

Place

Isle of Man

Peel Castle

Period

Atholl Lordship

Role / Office

Writer

Visitor

Source

George Waldron, Description of the Isle of Man

Book Chapter

Chapter 1

Chapter 5