The garrison in castletown was part of the British Army - english would be a necessity ! - also Castletown was probably mainly English speaking even in 1820 - Manx was probably understood by most but much more widely used outside of the main towns. Judging however from the Manx press of this period (+ esp a little later) the relationship between the economic migrants from Ireland and the Manx was not good.
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