3-070-846 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Peel and Peel Castle, Isle of Man, 1881. '1. Interior of St. German's Cathedral; 2. A Manx Sailor; 3. Fishermen's Wives waiting for their Husbands; 4. Peel Castle; 5. Fisher-men's Wives; 6. Crab-Fishing; 7. Herring-Boats out at Night; 8. View of Peel...On the west coast...within sight of the mountains of Ireland, is the little fishery town of Peel, which has a population of less than four thousand...On a small rocky islet, named after St. Patrick, separated from the shore by a narrow creek, but which is crossed by a solid causeway, forming a breakwater for Peel harbour, stand the extensive ruins of Peel Castle...Within the Castle precincts...are the remains of St. German's Cathedral...This ancient Cathedral church was dedicated to St. German, first Bishop of Man...It was rebuilt in 1245 by Bishop Simon...The Castle was built, apparently, in the early part of the fifteenth century...Sir Walter Scott's romantic story, "Peveril of the Peak," will have made this place interesting to many readers of fiction...Our Artist's Sketches further include some of the Peel fishing-boats, and portraits of the men and women concerned in that occupation, which yields an average profit of £70,000 yearly to the people of this town'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.