Sulby (; glv, Sulby) is a village in the parish of Kirk Christ Lezayre that is located on the A3 Castletown to

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Location

Historically containing the ''Treen of the Curragh of Kirk Christ Lezayre'' and the ''Land of the Monks of Myrosco'', the village is situated at the southern edge of the island's northern

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; north of the island's northern hills; at the point where the Sulby River emerges from those hills. The old part of Sulby is situated at the junction between the A14 Tholt-y-Will Road and the B9 Claddagh Road (). This part of Sulby has a mill and a

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. The main part of the village is situated along the main A3 road between Close-e-Volley and

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Name

The name Sulby ( on, Sóla-ɓør) ('Soli's farm')), or ''Súla '' + ''bý '' (cleft or fork) in the Sulby river) reflects the Scandinavian influence in Isle of Man place-names.

Motor-Sport heritage

Sulby village located on the A3 road including the Sulby Straight and Sulby Bridge was part of the 37.50 Mile

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for the RAC Tourist Trophy automobile races held in the Isle of Man between 1908 and 1922. In 1911, the Four Inch Course for automobiles was first used by the Auto-Cycling Union for the

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motor-cycle races. This included the Sulby Straight. The course later became known as the 37.73 mile Isle of Man TT Course which has been used since 1911 for the

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achieved the unofficial current top speed record of at the end of Sulby straight near the Kella crossroads. This speed value was registered by the on-board data-logging equipment. This unofficial speed record of was achieved again in 2015 by the TT competitor James Hillier riding the

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factory concept bike during a demonstration lap, recorded by onboard

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data-logging equipment.

Sulby Bridge

The notorious hump-backed Sulby Bridge on the A3 road located at the eastern end of the Sulby Straight (built c.1815), considered at the time to be the most difficult part of the TT Course for motor-cycle competitors, was removed in 1922–23 by the Isle of Man Highway Board and the road widened and road profile improved. The Sulby Bridge was originally built in 1739 as a result of the 1739 Bridges Act to improve access to roads in the Isle of Man. The nearby ‘Five Ton Bridge’ over the Sulby river was built in 1935 on the Sulby Claddagh to replace a ford and footbridge damaged in flooding in September 1930.''Ramsey Courier'' page 4 THE ISLANDS WORST STORMS Friday 19 September 1930 “The Floods at Sulby.”

Sulby railway stations

The village of Sulby was previously served by the Sulby Glen and Sulby Bridge railway stations until the Ramsey to St. Johns line closed in 1968.

Produce

ManX Spirit ManX Spirit is a clear spirit, 40% alcohol by volume which is distilled by Kella Distillers Ltd in a small distillery in Sulby, Isle of Man. It is produced by redistillation of existing Scottish whiskies, resulting in a clear and colourless produc ...

is a clear alcoholic beverage that is distilled from

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by Kella Distillers Ltd in Sulby.

Gallery

File:William Dunlop Sulby Straight.jpg, William Dunlop at the Sulby Straight File:Dean Harrison at Sulby Bridge.jpg, Dean Harrison at Sulby Bridge during TT practice in May 2014

References

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