Brian Stowell

Thomas Brian Stowell (6 September 1936[1] – 18 January 2019[2]) was a Manx radio personality, linguist, physicist and author. He was formerly Yn Lhaihder ("The reader") to the Parliament of the Isle of Man, Tynwald.[3] He is considered one of the primary people behind the revival of the Manx language.

Brian Stowell
Born
Thomas Brian Stowell

(1936-09-06)6 September 1936
Douglas, Isle of Man
Died18 January 2019(2019-01-18) (aged 82)
OccupationManx radio personality, linguist, physicist and author

Biography

While a student he became fluent in the language, and made tape recordings of its elderly speakers. He became fluent in Irish and used his fluency to translate Irish language courses into Manx use. He has made weekly broadcasts about history and current events for Manx Radio.[4]

In 2008, Stowell was awarded the Manx Heritage Foundation's Reih Bleeaney Vanannan ("Manannan's Choice of the Year") award for outstanding contributions to Manx culture. On Tynwald Day 2010, he was awarded the Tynwald Honour, the highest honour that Tynwald can award a citizen.[5]

In 1990, Stowell published Contoyrtyssyn Ealish ayns Çheer ny Yindyssyn, his translation into Manx of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In March 2006 Stowell's Dunveryssyn yn Tooder-Folley ("The Vampire Murders"), the first recorded full-length novel in Manx, was published.[6]

List of works
  • 1968: Gaelg Trooid Jallooghyn: Manx Through Pictures
  • 1973: Chronicle of The Kings of Mann and The Isles / Recortys Reeaghyn Vannin as ny hEllanyn with George Broderick
  • 1974: Bunneydys: A Course in Spoken Manx (based on Buntús Cainte)[7]
  • 1986: Abbyr Shen
  • 1990: Contoyrtyssyn Ealish ayns Çheer ny Yindyssyn
  • 1996: Bun-Choorse Gaelgagh
  • 1996: A Short History of the Manx Language
  • 1998: Y Coorse Mooar
  • 2005: Dunveryssyn yn Tooder-Folley (a serial story)
  • 2006: Ealish ayns Çheer ny Yindyssyn
  • 2010: Contoyrtyssyn Ealish ayns Çheer ny Yindyssyn[8]

References
  1. "Dr Brian Stowell receives top Manx cultural award". 14 January 2008. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
  2. "Loss of giant of Manx language revival". Manx Radio. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. Phillips, Roger. "Chapter 12 - Clerk of Tynwald's Office". Part b (ii) (Other Officers). Douglas, Isle of Man: tynwald.org.im. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  4. "Reviving Manx - The Yale Globalist - An Undergraduate Magazine of International Affairs". Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  5. "Tynwald Day: Live video streaming". BBC News. 10 July 2010.
  6. Isle of Man Today article on Dunveryssyn yn Tooder-Folley Archived August 26, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  7. O'Néill, Diarmuid. Rebuilding the Celtic languages. Y Lolfa. p. 403. ISBN 978-0862437237.
  8. Everson, Michael (21 June 2010). "Contoyrtyssyn Ealish ayns Çheer ny Yindyssyn - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Manx" (in Manx and English). Evertype. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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