250px, View to the south across Niarbyl Bay of the southwest coastline of the Isle of Man and Calf of Man.
Niarbyl ( "the tail" for the way it extends into the Irish Sea)
is a rocky promontory on the southwest coast of the
Isle of Man
The Isle of Man ( , also ), or Mann ( ), is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland. As head of state, Charles III holds the title Lord of Mann and is represented by a Lieutenant Govern ...
between
Port Erin
Port Erin ( 'lord's port' or originally 'Irish port') is a seaside village in the south-west of the Isle of Man, in the historic parish of Rushen. It was previously a seaside resort before the decline of the tourist trade. Administratively it ...
and
Peel
Peel or Peeling may refer to:
Places Australia
* Peel (Western Australia)
* Peel, New South Wales
* Peel River (New South Wales)
Canada
* Peel Parish, New Brunswick
* Peel, New Brunswick, an unincorporated community in Peel Parish
* Pee ...
. It is best known for its spectacular sea views which include the
Calf of Man
Calf of Man ( ) is a island, off the southwest coast of the Isle of Man. It is separated from the Isle of Man by a narrow stretch of water called the Calf Sound.
Like the nearby rocky islets of Chicken Rock and Kitterland, it is part of th ...
and, on clear days, the mountains of
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
.
Its access road branches from the
A27 road
The A27 is a major road in England. It runs from its junction with the A36 road, A36 at Whiteparish (near Salisbury, England, Salisbury) in the county of Wiltshire, follows the south coast of Hampshire and West Sussex, and terminates at Pevense ...
at
Dalby.
Niarbyl Bay and its surrounds are considered an asset of the
Manx National Heritage, which oversees the area's preservation as well as the Niarbyl Cafe & Visitor Centre.
One of the fishermen's cottages here was used as Ned Devine's cottage in the 1998 film ''
Waking Ned
''Waking Ned'' (titled ''Waking Ned Devine'' in North America) is a 1998 comedy film written and directed by Kirk Jones (director), Kirk Jones and starring Ian Bannen, David Kelly (actor), David Kelly, and Fionnula Flanagan. Kelly was nominated ...
''. In 1968, the same cottage had been used in Nigel Kneale's television adaptation of his book, ''
The Year of the Sex Olympics''.
The
Niarbyl Fault, a geological fault marking what remains of the former
Iapetus Ocean
The Iapetus Ocean (; ) existed in the late Neoproterozoic and early Paleozoic eras of the geologic timescale (between 600 and 400 million years ago). It was in the southern hemisphere, between the paleocontinents of Laurentia, Baltica and Avalon ...
, is located just down the hill from the cafe.
See also
*
Dalby
*
Caledonian orogeny
The Caledonian orogeny was a mountain-building cycle recorded in the northern parts of the British Isles, the Scandinavian Caledonides, Svalbard, eastern Greenland and parts of north-central Europe. The Caledonian orogeny encompasses events tha ...
*
Iapetus Suture
The Iapetus Suture is one of several major Fault (geology), geological faults caused by the collision of several ancient land masses forming a suture (geology), suture. It represents in part the remains of what was once the Iapetus Ocean. Iapet ...
*
The Brylcreem Boys
* ''
Waking Ned
''Waking Ned'' (titled ''Waking Ned Devine'' in North America) is a 1998 comedy film written and directed by Kirk Jones (director), Kirk Jones and starring Ian Bannen, David Kelly (actor), David Kelly, and Fionnula Flanagan. Kelly was nominated ...
''
References
External links
VR360 tour of Niarbyl from the restaurant.
Populated places in the Isle of Man
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