A little more time and space for a second and possibly more considered response - re race yes I used the word in its crude populist sense - what I was trying to express is probably better 'multi-ethnic' and was an attempt to avoid the 'pure celt' Norse etc stuff of Myth that is often pushed - in retrospect it was not well expressed.

Re the reasons for emigration - I was mainly referring to the great waves that occured post 1820 driven by economics, overpopulation, changes in farming practice removing agricultural jobs, failure of fishing, enclosure of commons in late 1860's removing marginal hill farms; failure of mining (exhaustion of ores/import of cheaper ores) in 1890's - these often involved families tearing up roots - there were cases of individuals (at that period of necessity men) following wider=opportunity paths especially after 1765 when a major Island based employment was removed - typically joining the navy or maritime service; such people travelled widely (eg the Manx sea-lawyer in Moby Dick) but these were I contend a much smaller percentage than the 'forced' emigration I discussed (of those who entered the Guinea trade 1760-1810 Wilkins estimes a death rate of over 25% though some, like Crow, made fortunes by shipping slaves). The Island did develop its own Industry - the Visiting trade - being a playground for N W England but jobs were highly seasonal, disruptive of any other schemes for full-time employment and even until the '60's required many men to move to England for the off-season. The Capital for much of this was also English based and many of the lower social rung risk-takers (eg in opening Pubs) were actually non-Manx

Moore is IMHO not that good on this aspect of Manx History - have a look at Dolley's comments (http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/manx/history/reading.htm) re his opinion of the treatment of Manx History

Goldie-Taubman (I assume you refer to British acquisition of Nigeria) was hardly Manx or moved within a Manx mileu - Isabella Christian married General Alexander John Goldie - subsequent marriages were generally to non-Manx families (see http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/manx/famhist/families/awm1889/goldie.htm); Even Wilks who was probably a more admirable 'colonial civil servant' came from Non-Manx stock