Old Onchan Picture Gallery 1

The Shannin Rae (The Red Inn) Whitebridge, Onchan

Built and occupied as a farmworkers dwelling for Ballakilmartin Farm, the property was last occupied by Mr & Mrs Crellin. (Mrs Crellin is seen sitting alongside the wall to the right of the picture)

The premises burnt down in 1932 after a chip pan caught fire and when the occupiers ran out of the door with the pan, the thatch caught alight. Folklore tells of the cottage having been used as an illegal ale house in times past.

The remains of the cottage were demolished in the late 1930's and the site was presented to the Onchan District Commissioners in 1991 by Mr Harvey Briggs, owner of Ballakilmartin Farm.

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