Audio description: 'Aalican' - A poem by John Gell

Audio described video, a supporting resource for Culture Vannin and Manx National Heritage’s 'Mind Your Language!' exhibition at the Manx Museum, 25 April 2026 – 4 October 2026.
https://manxnationalheritage.im/news/exhibition-celebrating-blein-ny-gaelgey-the-year-of-the-manx-language-opening-at-the-manx-museum/
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"If you were to go up through Kirk Christ,
Through Kirk Arbory and Malew..."

A beautiful visual realisation of John Gell's 1957 poem in Manx Gaelic, 'Aalican' (meaning 'Tranquility')

Poem by John Gell, first published in 'Coraa Ghailckagh' in 1957.
Reading by Bob Carswell RBV.
Filmed by Brook Wassall. The English translation is by Bob Carswell.

This film is also available without subtitles: https://culturevannin.im/watchlisten/videos/aalican-by-john-gell-744547/

This poem is available in 'Manannan's Cloak: An Anthology of Manx Literature' selected and translated by Robert Corteen Carswell, Francis Boutle Publishers, 2010.

More about Manx is available on the Learn Manx website: https://www.learnmanx.com/

This film was produced by Culture Vannin in 2022.
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