Maughold ( ; gv, Maghal) is one of the seventeen

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es of the

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. It is named for

St Maughold Maughold (also known as Macaille, Maccaldus, Machalus, Machaoi, Machella, Maghor, Mawgan, Maccul, Macc Cuill; died c. 488 AD) is venerated as the patron saint of the Isle of Man. Tradition states that he was an Irish prince and captain of a b ...

, the island's

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. It is located on the east of the island (part of the traditional ''South Side'' division) in the sheading of Garff. Administratively, part of the historic parish of Maughold is now within

Ramsey Ramsey may refer to: Geography British Isles * Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, a small market town in England * Ramsey, Essex, a village near Harwich, England ** Ramsey and Parkeston, a civil parish formerly called just "Ramsey" * Ramsey, Isle of Man, t ...

town. Ballure is another settlement in the parish.

Local government

Since 1865, a small area in the north of the historic parish of Maughold has been part of the separate town of Ramsey, with its own town commissioners. Since May 2016 the remainder of the historic parish of Maughold has been an electoral ward of a single Garff

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, formed by merging the former village

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of Laxey with the parish districts of Lonan and Maughold. The

Captain of the Parish The Captain of the Parish is an official in each parish in the Isle of Man—formerly the title was ''Captain of the Parish Militia'', but it is now only a titular honour. Historically the Captain of the Parish was authorised to raise his own mi ...

since 2018 is

Clare Christian Clare Margaret Christian OBE CP (born 11 September 1945) is a Manx politician, who was President of Tynwald until 2016. She is a former member of the Legislative Council and former Health Minister in the Isle of Man Government. Christian is ...

, a former President of

Tynwald Tynwald ( gv, Tinvaal), or more formally, the High Court of Tynwald ( gv, Ard-whaiyl Tinvaal) or Tynwald Court, is the legislature of the Isle of Man. It consists of two chambers, known as the branches of Tynwald: the directly elected House ...

Politics

Maughold parish is part of the Garff

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, which elects two members to the House of Keys. Since 1867 Ramsey has formed its own constituency.

History

There is a

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chambered tomb in the parish at Cashtal yn Ard.

Geography

The village of Maughold lies on the coast some three miles south-east of

. A proportion of the land in the area has been in Manx National Heritage ownership since 1965. Kirk Maughold (the parish church for the area) contains a number of historically important

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es, suggesting that it was the site of an

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. Maughold Head to the east of the village is the easternmost point on the island and has a lighthouse. There are no other significant settlements in the parish, and there is mountainous terrain on the landward side of the parish; the parish includes most of the

North Barrule North Barrule ( gv, Baarool Twoaie ; on, varŏa-fjall, lookout or cairn mountain) is the second highest peak in the Isle of Man at . From the summit the northern plain of the Isle of Man can be viewed along with the coastlines of Ireland, Cumbr ...

, the second highest hill on the island.

Demographics

The 2016 census of recorded a parish population of 985, an increase of 0.8% from 977 in 2011.

References

External links

Maughold Parish Commissioners - community and local government information (archived)
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