* 1973 – A flash fire kills 51 at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.

This claw-shaped anchor was designed by Peter Bruce from the Isle of Man in the 1970s.

The Isles now lay at Alexander's feet, and in 1266 Haakon's successor concluded the Treaty of Perth by which he ceded the Isle of Man and the Western Isles to Scotland in return for a monetary payment.

* British Islands, a legal term describing the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, collectively

* British people, Britons, or Brits, subjects of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, one of the Channel Islands, or of one of the British overseas territories, and their descendants

The Bishop of Sodor and Man, whose diocese lies outside of the United Kingdom, is an ex officio member of the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man.

Beltane was an ancient Gaelic festival celebrated in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man.

Beltane regained popularity during the Celtic Revival and is still observed as a cultural festival by some in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man and among their diasporas.

It was based on a patent of 1883 by James Cleminson, and was once popular on narrow-gauge rolling stock, e. g. on the Isle of Man and Manx Northern Railways.

The music of Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man, Brittany, Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias ( Spain ) and Portugal are also considered Celtic music, the tradition being particularly strong in Brittany, where Celtic festivals large and small take place throughout the year, and in Wales, where the ancient eisteddfod tradition has been revived and flourishes.

Ireland, Scotland, and Brittany have living traditions of language and music, and there has been a recent major revival of interest in Wales, Cornwall and the Isle of Man.

* Yn Chruinnaght ( Isle of Man )

This suite depicts the journey of St. Colum Cille through the Celtic nations of Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany and Galicia.

* Music of the Isle of Man

During the period January 1, 1980, to December 31, 1996, spending a total time of three months or more in the Channel Islands, England, the Falkland Islands, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales precludes individuals from donating.

In New Zealand, the New Zealand Blood Service ( NZBS ) in 2000 introduced measures to preclude permanently donors who had resided in the United Kingdom ( including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands ) for a total of six months or more between January 1980 and December 1996.

After the death of his second wife in 1984, he married a third time, in 1985 to Iris Hilda Waters ( d. 1994 ) and moved to the Isle of Man.

Celtic languages are most commonly spoken on the north-western edge of Europe, notably in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall, and the Isle of Man, and can be found spoken on Cape Breton Island.

The Cook Islands has " Home Rule " with respect to banking, similar to Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man.

* Wren Day ( Ireland and the Isle of Man )

Thorwald's Cross at Kirk Andreas, Isle of Man

Thorwald's Cross, a partially surviving runestone erected at Kirk Andreas on the Isle of Man, depicts a bearded human holding a spear downward at a wolf, his right foot in its mouth, while a large bird sits at his shoulder.

Cobham was a common butt of veiled satire in Elizabethan popular literature ; he figures in Ben Jonson's Every Man in His Humour and may have been part of the reason The Isle of Dogs was suppressed.

Among the many race victories of his early desmo twin, the 1978 legendary return of Mike Hailwood at the Isle of Man is perhaps the most memorable.

Pytheas says that the Gutones, a people of Germany, inhabit the shores of an estuary of the Ocean called Mentonomon, their territory extending a distance of six thousand stadia ; that, at one day's sail from this territory, is the Isle of Abalus, upon the shores of which, amber is thrown up by the waves in spring, it being an excretion of the sea in a concrete form ; as, also, that the inhabitants use this amber by way of fuel, and sell it to their neighbors, the Teutones.

* Adrian of May ( died 875 ), Scottish saint from the Isle of May, martyred by Vikings

Noteworthy, too, is St. Mildred's Priory, Isle of Thanet, Kent, built in 1027 on the site of an Abbey founded in 670 by the daughter of the first Christian King of Kent.

Most brochs have scarcements ( ledges ) which would have allowed the construction of a very sturdy wooden first floor ( first spotted by the antiquary George Low in Shetland in 1774 ), and excavations at Loch na Berie on the Isle of Lewis show signs of a further, second floor ( e. g. stairs on the first floor, which head upwards ).

These records are in direct conflict with Bede, who states that the Isle of Wight was settled by Jutes, not Saxons ; the archaeological record is somewhat in favour of Bede on this.

He instead remained defiant by attempting to forge an alliance with Scotland and escaping to the Isle of Wight.

The Clipper Ship " Flying Cloud " off the Needles, Isle of Wight, by James E. Buttersworth, 1859 – 60.

The song " The New Ground-Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears ", on the 2010 album Songs from the Heart by the group Celtic Woman, is about Annie Moore and Ellis Island.

After his final defeat, Napoleon was treated as a general by the British authorities during his second exile to Atlantic Isle of St. Helena.

Fair Isle has a permanent bird observatory, founded by George Waterston in 1948.

Fair Isle has been occupied since the Bronze Age which is remarkable because of the lack of raw materials on the island, although it is surrounded by rich fishing waters.

Fair Isle was bought by the National Trust for Scotland in 1954 from George Waterston, the founder of the bird observatory.

Trading links with northern Europe are reflected in Fair Isle Haa, a traditional Hanseatic trading booth located not far from the South Harbour traditionally used by residents of the southern part of the island.

As Fair Isle is not connected to the national grid, electricity is provided by the Fair Isle Electricity Company.

Fair Isle is home to two GSM 900 MHz base stations operated by Vodafone and Telefonica O2

Significant post-retirement activities of earlier Governors-General have included: Lord Tennyson was appointed Deputy Governor of the Isle of Wight ; Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson ( by now Lord Novar ) became Secretary of State for Scotland ; and Lord Gowrie became Chairman of the Marylebone Cricket Club ( Lord Forster had also held this post, before his appointment as Governor-General ).

* Nicolson, Alexander " History of Skye " MacLean Press, 60 Aird Bhearnasdail, by Portree, Isle of Skye ( 1930 ) pp. 73, 86, and 120.

The Isle of Man became separated from Britain and Ireland by about 8000 BC.

After being settled by people from Ireland in the first millennium, the Isle of Man was converted to Christianity and then suffered raids by Vikings from Norway.