Manx,English,Notes
"ER ROIE SHEESE YN LUGGER OLIVE[1],",ON THE RUNNING DOWN OF THE LUGGER OLIVE BY THE SHIP OAKWORTH,"[1] A ‘lugger’ is a sailship with ‘lug’ sails - sloping top spars that were an improvement on square sails. It seems that fast moving steamships were a constant hazard for sailships in the 1870s. Olive was an unlucky name for a lugger. In the Spring of 1873 a lugger ‘Olive’ from Peel was run down by steamer off Kinsale, but the crew were all safely picked up by the steamer crew and made their way home via Liverpool on a Steam Packet Ferry. 
     In March 1874, the crew of her namesake from Port St Mary were not so lucky. This ‘Olive’ was also run down off Kinsale, but Captain Edgar of the steamship Oakworth en route from Glasgow to Melbourne, declined to stop and help the crew, who all drowned. His behaviour was reported to Steam Navigation Board of Australia by members of the crew and separately by a passenger. Witness statements were taken that confirmed that the fishing vessel’s lights had been seen by the look-out, but Edgar had not changed course. After running down the Olive the cries of the crew were heard, and sea conditions were such that a rescue attempt would have been quite possible, but that the Captain had instructed his crew not to attempt a rescue, but to stay on their course. The inquiry found Edgar guilty and his Master’s certificate was cancelled. A Manxman, William Gale, living in Australia sent a copy of the Australasian newspaper with details of the enquiry to the Mona’s Herald, which published the news on September 26th,  1874. "
"My gheiney cheery gow jee tastey vie, ","My country men take good heed, ",
Choud’s veem cur coontey jeh’n drogh ghellal hreih. ,"Whilst I relate this melancholy deed,",
"Ta gys nyn greechyn [creeaghyn] reesht cur lesh angaish, ","Which in all feeling hearts fresh pangs create, ",
Clashtyn jeh’n Olive as ny skeeallyn baaish. ,To hear the Olive’s sad and mournful fate.,
"’Cheid laa as feed jeh’n vayrt ec brishey’n laa,","On March the twenty-first, at dawn of day,",
Yn luggar Olive roish yn enniagh va; ,The lugger Olive by her nets did lay;,
E[2] soilshey sollys myr rollage soilshean ,"Her light was burning like a meteor star,","[2] E] ‘Her’, original gives [Y]."
"Erskyn ny tonnyn, r’akin foddey’s lhean ; ",And could be seen across the billows far.,
"Er vullagh-ching yn soilshey ass ren lheie, ","But suddenly her bright light disappear’d,",
As cha rou arragh monney coontey j’ee ; ,And until lately nothing more was heard ; ,
"Gys haink ny niaghtyn trome mychione y chragh, ","But now the truth at last has been found out,",
As eisht ayns firrinys ve feddynit magh. ,"And we can now believe without a doubt,",
"Nagh bee ad arragh r’akin er yn ooir, ","That her poor crew shall never more be found,",
Gys hig ad seose ec laa yn’irree vooar : ,"Until the last loud judgment trumpet’s sound,",
"She lhong vooar Hastnagh, Oakworth jir ad r'ee, ","An English ship, the Oakworth was her name,",
As e[3] drogh Chaptan va’n oyr trimshey chree ; ,And her base captain caused this grief and pain;,"[3] e] ‘her’, original gives [y]."
"V’ee goll son Melbourne cheet voish Glasgow neese, ","She came from Glasgow, and was outward bound, ",
As roie ee n’Olive as hoght deiney sheese. ,"And ran the Olive, with eight seamen, down.",
Ga dyllee ’n ‘arreyder’ Ta soilshey roin.,The look-out man reports a “Light ahead!”,
"Gyn scansh ny geill, yn lhong hie er e kione; ","And yet they heeded not, but onward sped ; ",
"Sheean brishey fuygh, as yllagh hrimshagh sleih, ","While crashing timbers told  the mournful tale, ",
Dy leah ren soilshagh yn vooir-cherraght-hreih. ,"And cries of drowning men rose on the gale,",
"Nagh dewil croie-chreeagh va ny marrinee,","But yet this heartless and inhuman crew,",
Yn Captan va fegooish erreeish erbee.,And captain who no spark of pity knew.,
"D’aagail ny deiney shoh gyn shuit ny saase,","Set sail and sped across the briny waves, ",
Sinkeil fo’n toyn goll sheese gys lhiaghtyn baaish. ,"And left these men sinking to their watery graves,",
"Yiow mraane as moiraghyn kied geam as coe, ","Now wives and mothers may their loss deplore,",
Fegooish treishteil dy akin reesht ad bio ; ,Nor hope to see them in this world no more;,
"Mraane treoghe as cloan cur seose nyn accan treih, ",Widows and orphans may lament and cry,
Gys nee eer jeir failleil as scuirr dy roie.,Until the sources no moisture can supply.,
Eer jiu’ moir ghooie jeusyn t’er choayl nyn gloan,"One feeling mother has this day been borne,",
T’ee ersooyl jeh’n seihll e trimshey ayn ec kione ; ,"To the dark grave, whence none again return,",
"Er hooyl yn raad er nagh vel ’nane cheet back, ","Her course is finish’d, and her mourning done —",
Hie gys yn oaie dobberan son e mac. ,"Gone to the tomb, lamenting for her son.",
"As ad t’ermayrn ta faagit trimshagh treih, ","And those who yet remain are left forlorn,",
Gyn arragh jerkal rish nyn gaarjyn thie ; ,"And now in black despair may sigh and mourn,",
Yn cree failleil as brisht ec curmyner ,Until the heart itself shall melt with woe,
"Yn chloan annoon, ta faagit fegooish ayr. ",For babes that shall no father’s caress know.,
"Treill son yn dreih, nagh bollagh’ ve gyn ghrayse, ","How base, how cruel must the wretch appear, ",
Ec clashtyn sleih sinkeil as goll dy baase. ,While drowning cries rung on the morning air.,
"Ve eer fardail son cooney huggey’ d’eam, ",The prayer for help to him was made in vain —,
"Deyrey ny nearey, cha row er goaill greme. ","He heard, but yet without remorse or pain,",
"Goaill stiagh yn baatey myr ve chea ersooyl, ","Took in the boat, and from the carnage fled,",
Er yn treih-artys slane chyndaa eh chooyl.,He left the waves to rise above their head ;,
"As gra rish hene (gyn dooyt) myr hie eh roish, ","And thought, no doubt, while spreading out the sails,",
Cha der ny merriu briaght er y chooish. ,That all was right since “dead men tell no tales.”,
"Agh Eh ta reill ayns gloyr erskyn yn aer, ","But yet there is a God wh rules on high,",
Dy chooilley nhee jeh’n sorch’ Te curmyner ; ,"And that dark thing was light before his eye,",
Cairagh ta Jee as cairys ver Eh daue. ,"And he is just, and justice must be done —",
My vees ad gaire jeh nish’ te roue ayns niau. ,"If not by men, ’twill be found at His throne.",
"Yn oaie nee fosley'n' aarkey seose livrey, ","The grave shall yield, the sea give up her slain,",
"As mie as sie nee reesht meeiteil un laa, ","And, just and unjust, shall all meet again.",
"S’ Ny deiney shoh ta Edgar er sinkeil, ","Those victims sleeping ’neath the waves afar,",
Ec stoyl-ny-briwnys marish nee meeiteil. ,"And these men that has sunk,",
"Nish ooilley’n gherjagh faagit ayns y theill, ",Shall stand with Edgar at the judgement bar.,
"Dauesyn ta dobberan, de’n un treishteil: ","Now all the comfort left to soothe the mind,",
,"Of those who now are left to grieve behind, ",
"Dy jean ad reesht lurg daue yn seihll aagail, ","In this one hope, When Nature’s ties are riven,",
Meeiteil ayns niau gyn arragh dy phartail. ,"To m again, and never part in heaven ;",
Eh ghellal ghewil myr brasnag aileagh chreen ,"While Edgar’s name, throughout all future time,",
"Nee er eh ennym jooildit, lostey beayn.","Shall be a byword and a mock for crime,",
"Agh ennym Edgar kinjagh faagit mooie, ","This cruel action like a brand of shame,",
Anghoo as scammylt choud's vees seihll dy roie.,Shall ever burn upon his hated name.,
JOHN QUIRK. ,EDWD. FARAGHER,
"Carnegreie, Patrick, Oct. 13,1874 ",Rushen,
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