St Mary’s de Ballaugh-Ballaugh Old Church Cronk Road, The Cronk, Ballamona, IM7 5AJ The Church is located on an ancient burial site. Built before the 13th century, it was extended and developed by Thomas Wilson in 1717, in the Baroque style. The Church is easy to recognise, because of its wonky pillars, built in the 1700s. When the population of Ballaugh grew from 350 to 1487 the congregation […] Read More
St Mary’s on the Harbour Arbory Road, Castletown, IM9 1ND The first St Mary’s was converted into the grammar school when Bishop Wilson commissioned a new Chapel of Ease dedicated to St Mary in 1698. The current church was originally built as a school, in 1838. The building became a Parish Hall and was converted to a Church in 1985, when the Garrison Church was […] Read More
St Mary’s Roman Catholic School-RCS St Mary's Road , Douglas,, IM2 5RB Co-Ed Primary School. Catholic School. Founded Maxim: The children are at the heart of everything we do Read More
St Mary’s Catholic Church-Castletown 24 Bowling Green Road, Castletown, IM9 1EB In 1826, the first post-reformation Catholic Church was built on the Island, by an Irish Jesuit named Father Matthew Gahan and dedicated to St Mary, after the title of the Rushen Abbey of St Mary. This small Church on the outskirts of the Archdiocese was closed down completely for eighteen years between 1895 and 1913, […] Read More
St Marys Associated Football Club-AFC King George V Bowl, Pulrose Road, Douglas, IM2 1AE Formed in 1893, The Saints is one of the oldest football clubs on the Island. They won their first league in 1928. They wear green and yellow at home and an all white kit when away. Read More
St Marys Isle – The Tower of Refuge Douglas Bay, IM1 2EN Built on a partially submerged reef in Douglas bay, the tower of refuge was originally designed to offer a safe place of shelter to shipwrecked sailors. Before the tower was built, the reef itself (St. Mary’s Isle) could cause ships to be damaged and sunk, so the tower served as an easily visible warning, and […] Read More
