Mona Douglas
{{WD Kishtey Fys Dooinney
| ennym = Mona Douglas
| jalloo =
| far-ennym = 
| date_ruggyr = {{date ruggyr|1898|9|18|df=y}}
| boayl_ruggyr = [[Much Woolton]], [[Lerphoyll]], [[Sostyn]]
| date_baaish = {{date as eash marroo|1987|11|8|1898|9|18|df=y}}
| boayl_baaish = [[Doolish]], [[Mannin]]
| keird = Beeal-arrisheyr, dramadeyr, kiaulleyder, 
| ashoonaght = [[Manninee|Manninagh]]
| shaanrey = 
}}
She [[beeal-arrish|beeal-arrisheyr]], screeudeyr, bard, as sheerloayreyder [[Manninee|Manninagh]] va '''Constance Mona Douglas''' (18 Mean Fouyir 1898 – 8 Jerrey Fouyir 1987).<ref name="Douglashistory">{{cite web | url = http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/constance_mona_douglas.htm | title = Constance Mona Douglas | publisher = The Douglas Archives | date = 2010 | accessdate = 1 Averil 2011}}</ref> 

== Aegid ==
Ta sleih ennagh gra dy row ee ruggit ec 49 Allerton Road, [[Much Woolton]], [[Lerphoyll]], [[Sostyn]], as sleih elley gra dy row ee ruggit er y vaatey paggad ''Ellan Vannin'' er y vollagh keayin eddyr [[Mannin]] as Lerphoyll.<ref name="Reghall">{{cite journal | last = Hall | first = Reg | title = Mervyn Plunkett 1920-1986 | pages = dg.538-540 | volume = 5 | issue = 4 | date = 1988 | accessdate = 3 Averil 2011 | journal = Folk Music Journal | publisher = English Folk Dance & Song Society}}</ref> By inneen ee lesh Frank Beardmore Douglas (c. 1864–1943), stiureyder shapp, as e ven heshee, Frances Mona Holmes (c. 1873–1953). 

She paitçhey ynrickan v'ee, as er-yn-oyr dy row ee çhing 'syn aegid eck v'ee ynsit 'sy valley eck faggys da [[Laksaa]].<ref name="Reghall" /> Cheau ee ny laaghyn seyrey paitçhey eck lesh e shenn ayr as e shenn voir ayns Mannin, raad ren ee goll feie ny çheerey, taggloo lesh ny fir as ny mraane va gobbraghey ayns ny magheryn as er y cheayn. 

Ren [[Sophia Morrison]] (18593–1917) foaddey yn anaase eck 'sy veeal-arrish. Ren ee cur creeaght aynjee son dy screeu sheese ny skeealyn as ny h-arraneyn ren ee clashtyn. Ren Morrison lhiasaghey yn anaase ec Douglas ayns dagh red Celtiagh, as ren yn anaase shen tannaghtyn lhee feie yn theihll eck. Va çhaglym jeh ny daanyn eck fo'n ennym ''Manx Song and Maiden Song'' currit er clou 'sy vlein 1915 myr y chied jeh'n straih ''Little Books of Georgian Verse'' tra nagh row ee agh 16 bleeaney d'eash.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/exans/prt_1924.htm | title = Isle of Man Examiner Annual | publisher = Isle of Man Examiner | accessdate = 1 Averil 2011 | date = 1924 | language = Baarle | archive-date = 2012-03-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120318145846/http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/exans/prt_1924.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> Daa vlein ny lurg va ym-lioar elley currit magh eck fo'n ennym ''Mychurachan''. 

'Sy vlein 1917 v'ee lhiggit stiagh gys y trass oardyr jeh Gorsedd ny Bardyn ec yn [[eisteddfod]] doo ayns [[Kione Beih]]. Ren ee goll quail lesh ram screeudeyryn, scoillaryn, as politickeyryn cleaynoil, goaill stiagh [[W. B. Yeats]], [[George William Russell]] (Æ), [[Maud Gonne]], as [[T. E. Lawrence]].<ref name="Douglashistory" /><ref name="Reghall" /> By scrudeyr vanglane Manninagh y [[Yn Cohaglym Celtiagh|Chohaglym Celtiagh]] ee 'sy vlein 1921,<ref>{{cite book | url = http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/~stephen/chiollaghbooks/MD_SEMINAR_2up.pdf | chapter = Mona Douglas and Her Songs | last = Broderick | first = George | title = Completed and Restored to Use | pages = dg. 138 | date = 2004 | publisher = Chiollagh Books | location = Kione Droghad | isbn = 1-898613-17-6 | editor = Miller, Stephen | access-date = 2011-04-03 | archive-date = 2011-06-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110607145425/http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/%7Estephen/chiollaghbooks/MD_SEMINAR_2up.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> as daa lioar as tree cloiaghyn dyn gur magh eck. 

'Sy vlein 1925 ren ee arraghey gys [[Harlech]], [[Gwynedd]], raad ren ee gobbraghey myr scrudeyr da'n feelee [[A. P. Graves]] tra va'n hene-veashnys ''To Return to All That'' er ny screeu echey. Hug Graves cree j'ee son dy gholl gys [[Lunnin]] son e caaghyn as e taghyrtyn y lhiasaghey. Tra v'ee hoal, ren ee niartal e kianglaghyn lesh yn [[English Folk Dance Society]] ("Sheshaght Daunse Çheerey Hostyn"), raad v'ee co-screeu lesh [[A. G. Gilchrist]]. S'leayr dy ren ee cur da tree cuirraghyn magh (1924-26) liorish Gilchrist jeh earish-lioar ny sheshaght as ad currit da [[Kiaull Vannin|kiaull çheerey Vanninagh]]. Myrane lesh shen, ren ee co-obbraghey marish [[Arnold Foster]] er y chied phossan mastey tree possanyn d'oardee jeh arraneyn Manninagh.

== Ayns Mannin ==
Ayns ny 1930yn hie Douglas er ash son beaghey ayns Mannin as ren ee gobbraghey 'sy Lioarlann Çheerey. Ren ee gobbraghey feie'n theihll eck, as ren ee gynsaghey arraneyn, daunseyn, skeealyn as shennaghys yn ellan dys ny deiney Manninagh aegey. Screeu ee daanyn as artyn da earish-lioaryn acadoil, myrane lesh screeu as leayrey cloiaghyn 'sy [[Gaelg|Ghaelg]] as 'sy Vaarle Vanninagh. Lurg dirree ee ass obbyr, ren ee gobbraghey myr earisheyr feie queig bleeaney as feed ny smoo. Ren ee cur magh daa noa-skeeal (''Song of Mannin'', 1976, as ''Rallying Song'', 1981) as ad cur stiagh e credjueyn cultooragh, politickagh, as crauee. 'Sy vlein 1976 ren ee aavioghey "[[Yn Chruinnaght]]", feailley daunse, kiaull, as lettyraght Vannin.

Cha ren Douglas poosey rieau, agh va caarjys trome eddyr ee as [[Nikolai Giovannelli]] veih'n traa roish y [[Nah Chaggey Dowanagh]] derrey laa e vaaish ayns ny 1980yn leah. Ren ee cur ooashley ayns cabbalyn Saasilagh as ayns kialteenyn Catoleagh Raueagh, agh va cleayney mooar eck rish spyrrydys Creestee jeh'n çhenn agglish Cheltiagh. By chree jeh ny daanyn as prose ashlinagh eck spyrryd [[Manannan|Vanannan]] as ‘y coheshaghtys gial’.

== Ayns bleeantyn ny s'anmey ==
Va Aundyr Mannanan bronnit er Douglas 'sy vlein 1972, as 'sy vlein 1982 hooar ee [[MBE]] er son ny shirveishyn eck rish cultoor Vannin. Myrane lesh shen, va eaghtyraneyssyn y Chohaglym Celtiagh, as yn 'Eailley Ooilley-Cheltiaghys ayns [[Keeill Airney]] (1980) as by ee yn chied çhaghter Manninagh ayns Eisteddfod Ashoonagh Vretyn (1981). By phatroon [[Undinys Eiraght Vannin]] ee 'sy vlein 1986, as va olteynys y phreeu-oardyr ayns Gorsedd ny Bardyn bronnit urree 'sy vlein 1987. Va Reih Bleeaney Vanannan bronnit urree 'sy vlein 1988 lurg e baaish.<ref>{{cite book | title = Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia | last = Koch | first = John T. | isbn = 1851094407 | publisher = ABC-CLIO | location = Santa Barbara, California, SUA | pages = dg. 608 | date = 2006 | accessdate = 3 Averil 2011}}</ref>

== Baase ==
Tammylt giare roish Nollick 1986 huitt Douglas as ren ee brishey e cass, agh gyn y wooise da coyrle e caarjyn, cha ren ee arraghey veih'n thie ech ayns ny cruink. Ansherbee, kuse veg dy veeghyn ny yei v'ee lhiggit stiagh ayns Thie Lheihys Noble ayns Streng, Doolish, raad hooar ee baase er 8 Jerrey Fouyir 1987.

== Obbraghyn ==
* {{cite book | title = Manx Song and Maiden Song | date = 1915 | publisher = The William Morrison Press, Ltd | location = Manchuin}}
* {{cite book | title = Mychurachan | date = 1917 | publisher = John Lang | location = Lunnin}}
* {{cite book | title = A Dhooragh | date = 1919 | publisher = Clucas & Fargher | location = Doolish}}
* {{cite book | title = Four Manx Plays | date = 1921 | publisher = Yn Çheshaght Ghailckagh | location = Doolish}}
* {{cite book | title = A Manx Primer | date = 1935 | publisher = Yn Çheshaght Ghailckagh | location = Doolish}}
* {{cite book | title = The Secret Island: Poems and Plays in Verse | date = 1943 | publisher = Victoria Press | location = Doolish}}
* {{cite book | title = Christian Tradition in Mannin | date = 1965 | publisher = Times Longbooks | location = Doolish}}
* {{cite book | title = This is Ellan Vannin: a Miscellany of Manx Life and Lore | date = 1965 | publisher = Times Longbooks | location = Doolish}}
* {{cite book | title = This is Ellan Vannin Again: Folklore | date = 1966 | publisher = Times Press | location = Doolish}}
* {{cite book | title = They lived in Ellan Vannin | date = 1968 | publisher = Times Press | location = Doolish}}
* {{cite book | title = We call it Ellan Vannin | date = 1970 | publisher = Times Press | location = Doolish}}
* {{cite book | title = Song of Mannin | date = 1976 | publisher = Shearwater Press, Ltd | location = Doolish | isbn = 0904980065}}
* {{cite book | title = Rallying Song, a sequel to 'Song of Mannin' | date = 1981 | publisher = Mansk / Svenska Publishing Company | location = Purt ny h-Inshey | isbn = 0907715079}}

== Imraaghyn ==
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== Kianglaghyn mooie ==
* [http://www.manxheritage.org/cms/project_1178.html The Mona Douglas Papers] ("Pabyryn Vona Douglas") {{en jalloo}}
* [http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/constance_mona_douglas.htm Coontys er seihll Vona Douglas] ec The Douglas Archives {{en jalloo}}

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[[Ronney:Ruggyryn 'sy vlein 1898]]
[[Ronney:Baaseyn 'sy vlein 1987]]
[[Ronney:Dramadeyryn as screeudeyryn cloie Manninagh]]
[[Ronney:Lioarlanneeyn Manninagh]]
[[Ronney:Sheerloayreyderyn er son y Ghaelg]]
[[Ronney:Beeal-arrisheyryn Manninagh]]
[[Ronney:Kiaull Vanninagh]]
[[Ronney:Daunse Manninagh]]
[[Ronney:Screeudeyryn bwoirrin Manninagh]]
[[Ronney:Screeudeyryn 'sy Ghaelg]]
[[Ronney:Feallee ass Lerphoyll]]
[[Ronney:Feallee ass Doolish]]
[[Ronney:Scrudeyryn Manninagh y Chohaglym Celtiagh]]
[[Ronney:Mraane Manninagh]]
She beeal-arrisheyr, screeudeyr, bard, as sheerloayreyder Manninagh va Constance Mona Douglas (18 Mean Fouyir 1898 – 8 Jerrey Fouyir 1987). 

 Aegid 
Ta sleih ennagh gra dy row ee ruggit ec 49 Allerton Road, Much Woolton, Lerphoyll, Sostyn, as sleih elley gra dy row ee ruggit er y vaatey paggad Ellan Vannin er y vollagh keayin eddyr Mannin as Lerphoyll. By inneen ee lesh Frank Beardmore Douglas (c. 1864–1943), stiureyder shapp, as e ven heshee, Frances Mona Holmes (c. 1873–1953). 

She paitçhey ynrickan v'ee, as er-yn-oyr dy row ee çhing 'syn aegid eck v'ee ynsit 'sy valley eck faggys da Laksaa. Cheau ee ny laaghyn seyrey paitçhey eck lesh e shenn ayr as e shenn voir ayns Mannin, raad ren ee goll feie ny çheerey, taggloo lesh ny fir as ny mraane va gobbraghey ayns ny magheryn as er y cheayn. 

Ren Sophia Morrison (18593–1917) foaddey yn anaase eck 'sy veeal-arrish. Ren ee cur creeaght aynjee son dy screeu sheese ny skeealyn as ny h-arraneyn ren ee clashtyn. Ren Morrison lhiasaghey yn anaase ec Douglas ayns dagh red Celtiagh, as ren yn anaase shen tannaghtyn lhee feie yn theihll eck. Va çhaglym jeh ny daanyn eck fo'n ennym Manx Song and Maiden Song currit er clou 'sy vlein 1915 myr y chied jeh'n straih Little Books of Georgian Verse tra nagh row ee agh 16 bleeaney d'eash. Daa vlein ny lurg va ym-lioar elley currit magh eck fo'n ennym Mychurachan. 

'Sy vlein 1917 v'ee lhiggit stiagh gys y trass oardyr jeh Gorsedd ny Bardyn ec yn eisteddfod doo ayns Kione Beih. Ren ee goll quail lesh ram screeudeyryn, scoillaryn, as politickeyryn cleaynoil, goaill stiagh W. B. Yeats, George William Russell (Æ), Maud Gonne, as T. E. Lawrence. By scrudeyr vanglane Manninagh y Chohaglym Celtiagh ee 'sy vlein 1921, as daa lioar as tree cloiaghyn dyn gur magh eck. 

'Sy vlein 1925 ren ee arraghey gys Harlech, Gwynedd, raad ren ee gobbraghey myr scrudeyr da'n feelee A. P. Graves tra va'n hene-veashnys To Return to All That er ny screeu echey. Hug Graves cree j'ee son dy gholl gys Lunnin son e caaghyn as e taghyrtyn y lhiasaghey. Tra v'ee hoal, ren ee niartal e kianglaghyn lesh yn English Folk Dance Society ("Sheshaght Daunse Çheerey Hostyn"), raad v'ee co-screeu lesh A. G. Gilchrist. S'leayr dy ren ee cur da tree cuirraghyn magh (1924-26) liorish Gilchrist jeh earish-lioar ny sheshaght as ad currit da kiaull çheerey Vanninagh. Myrane lesh shen, ren ee co-obbraghey marish Arnold Foster er y chied phossan mastey tree possanyn d'oardee jeh arraneyn Manninagh.

 Ayns Mannin 
Ayns ny 1930yn hie Douglas er ash son beaghey ayns Mannin as ren ee gobbraghey 'sy Lioarlann Çheerey. Ren ee gobbraghey feie'n theihll eck, as ren ee gynsaghey arraneyn, daunseyn, skeealyn as shennaghys yn ellan dys ny deiney Manninagh aegey. Screeu ee daanyn as artyn da earish-lioaryn acadoil, myrane lesh screeu as leayrey cloiaghyn 'sy Ghaelg as 'sy Vaarle Vanninagh. Lurg dirree ee ass obbyr, ren ee gobbraghey myr earisheyr feie queig bleeaney as feed ny smoo. Ren ee cur magh daa noa-skeeal (Song of Mannin, 1976, as Rallying Song, 1981) as ad cur stiagh e credjueyn cultooragh, politickagh, as crauee. 'Sy vlein 1976 ren ee aavioghey "Yn Chruinnaght", feailley daunse, kiaull, as lettyraght Vannin.

Cha ren Douglas poosey rieau, agh va caarjys trome eddyr ee as Nikolai Giovannelli veih'n traa roish y Nah Chaggey Dowanagh derrey laa e vaaish ayns ny 1980yn leah. Ren ee cur ooashley ayns cabbalyn Saasilagh as ayns kialteenyn Catoleagh Raueagh, agh va cleayney mooar eck rish spyrrydys Creestee jeh'n çhenn agglish Cheltiagh. By chree jeh ny daanyn as prose ashlinagh eck spyrryd Vanannan as ‘y coheshaghtys gial’.

 Ayns bleeantyn ny s'anmey 
Va Aundyr Mannanan bronnit er Douglas 'sy vlein 1972, as 'sy vlein 1982 hooar ee MBE er son ny shirveishyn eck rish cultoor Vannin. Myrane lesh shen, va eaghtyraneyssyn y Chohaglym Celtiagh, as yn 'Eailley Ooilley-Cheltiaghys ayns Keeill Airney (1980) as by ee yn chied çhaghter Manninagh ayns Eisteddfod Ashoonagh Vretyn (1981). By phatroon Undinys Eiraght Vannin ee 'sy vlein 1986, as va olteynys y phreeu-oardyr ayns Gorsedd ny Bardyn bronnit urree 'sy vlein 1987. Va Reih Bleeaney Vanannan bronnit urree 'sy vlein 1988 lurg e baaish.

 Baase 
Tammylt giare roish Nollick 1986 huitt Douglas as ren ee brishey e cass, agh gyn y wooise da coyrle e caarjyn, cha ren ee arraghey veih'n thie ech ayns ny cruink. Ansherbee, kuse veg dy veeghyn ny yei v'ee lhiggit stiagh ayns Thie Lheihys Noble ayns Streng, Doolish, raad hooar ee baase er 8 Jerrey Fouyir 1987.

 Obbraghyn 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 Imraaghyn 

 Kianglaghyn mooie 
 The Mona Douglas Papers ("Pabyryn Vona Douglas") 
 Coontys er seihll Vona Douglas ec The Douglas Archives 

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Ronney:Beeal-arrisheyryn Manninagh
Ronney:Kiaull Vanninagh
Ronney:Daunse Manninagh
Ronney:Screeudeyryn bwoirrin Manninagh
Ronney:Screeudeyryn 'sy Ghaelg
Ronney:Feallee ass Lerphoyll
Ronney:Feallee ass Doolish
Ronney:Scrudeyryn Manninagh y Chohaglym Celtiagh
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