I CAME ACROSS YOUR MESSAGE BROWSING FOR INFO ON RELATIVES.MY GRANDFATHER WAS JOHN SKELLY LIVING IN PORT ST MARY,DIED 1971,AND MY GREAT UNCLE WAS NED MADDRELL,ALSO OF P.ST M. SEEMS A GREAT COINCIDENCE OF SKELLY/MADDRELL!NED WAS IN THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS AS THE LAST NATIVE MANX SPEAKER. PERHAPS THERE IS SOME CONNECTION? MY KNOWLEDGE IS SOMEWHAT SKETCHY OF  RELATIVES,BUT IF YOU WOULD CARE TO CONTACT ME,PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO.