The carving of a Nickey on a cowhouse door

Over 100 years ago, Peel fishermen used to work on farms when not at sea. It would be a group of these men who would have lovingly scratched the image of an Nickie fishing boat on an old cowhouse door of Ballacarnane outside Kirk Michael all those years ago...

This film of John Cannell in conversation with Katie Newton was filmed at Ballacarnane on 11 June 2018.
Culture Vannin owes a great debt of gratitude to Mr Cannell for his generosity in allowing us to share these stories through this film.

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