Isle of Man Gifts

The Isle of Man is located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland.

The culture of the Isle of Man is influenced by its Celtic and Norse origins.

The Isle of Man has been inhabited since before 6500 BC. It began to be influenced by Gaelic culture in the 5th century AD, and the Manx language,which is closely related to Irish and Scottish Gaelic, arose. In the 9th century, the Norse began to settle there. A Norse-Gaelic culture developed and the island came under Norse control. The Vikings established Tynwald and introduced many land divisions that still exist. In 1266, the island became part of Scotland. After a period of alternating rule by the kings of Scotland and England, the island came under the feudal overlordship of the English. However, the island never became part of Great Britain and still retains its status as an internally self-governing Crown dependency. Its Celtic heritage still lives on today.