Introduction Isle of Man Top of Page Background: Part of the Norwegian Kingdom of the Hebrides until the 13th century when it was ceded to Scotland, the isle came under the British crown in 1765. Current concerns include reviving the almost extinct Manx Gaelic language. Isle of Man is ...
conventional short form:Isle of Man abbreviation:I.O.M. Dependency status:British crown dependency Government type:parliamentary democracy Capital:name:Douglas geographic coordinates:54 09 N, 4 29 W time difference:UTC 0 (five hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) ...
It was invited to join the European Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood. The aim of the study was to enrol all pregnant women resident on the Island with an expected date of delivery in the 18-month period of January 1991-June 1992. A total of 1314 livebirths formed the eligible...
MAN,' 'ISLE OF(anc.Mona), a dominion of the crown of England, in the Irish Sea. (For map, see England, section I.) It is about 33 m. long by about 1 2 broad in the broadest part. Its general form resembles that of an heraldic lozenge, though its outline is very irregular, be...
Castletown, town and ancient capital of the Isle of Man, one of the British Isles, on Castletown Bay, which is formed by the River Silver Burn. Castle Rushen, perhaps founded in 947–960 by Godred the Dane, is essentially Norman, largely rebuilt in the 1
Introduction Man, Isle of Top of Page Background: Part of the Norwegian Kingdom of the Hebrides until the 13th century when it was ceded to Scotland, the isle came under the British crown in 1765. Current concerns include reviving the almost extinct Manx Gaelic language. Geography Man, ...
Our tour guide Jim was amazing, he’s a very knowledgeable man. The views were also breathtakingly beautiful! We weren’t able to go inside Inveraray Castle due to it being closed during the fall but the town was just as great. Kilchurn was also closed due t...
of January 1991–June 1992 were invited to enrol. The eligible cohort was formed from 1314 live births. At the age of 7 years there was an additional phase of recruitment to cover all children who had subsequently moved to the IoM (Figure 1). Full details of the data collection in IoM ...