Patrick () is one of the seventeen historic

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es of the

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. It is located on the west of the island (part of the traditional ''North Side'' division) in the sheading of

Glenfaba Glenfaba ( ; ) is one of the six sheadings of the Isle of Man. It is located on the west of the island (part of the traditional ''North Side'' division) and consists of the two historic parishes of German and Patrick. It includes the town of ...

. Administratively, a small part of the area of the historic parish of Patrick is now covered by part of the town of

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. Other settlements in the parish include Dalby,

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Glen Maye Glen Maye (or Glenmaye, or ''Glion Meay'' – Luxuriant Glen) is a glen and a small village on the west coast of the Isle of Man, miles (4 km) south of Peel. The village is connected to Peel by a bus service. It is home to the glen of th ...

and

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Local government

For the purposes of

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, the majority of the area of the historic parish forms a single parish

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with

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s. Since 1884, a small area in the north of the historic parish of Patrick has been part of the administratively separate town of Peel, with its own town Commissioners. The

Captain of the Parish The Captain of the Parish is an official in each parish in the Isle of Man—formerly the title was ''Captain of the Parish Militia'', but it is now only a titular honour. Historically the Captain of the Parish was authorised to raise his own mi ...

(since 2010) is Patricia Costain.

Politics

Patrick parish is part of the

Glenfaba & Peel Glenfaba & Peel is a House of Keys constituency in the west 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, Ch ...

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, which elects two Members to the

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. Before 2016 the majority of the historic parish was in the

constituency, and from 1867 until 2016 Peel formed its own constituency.

Geography

The parish is bounded by Peel in the north, German in the north and east, Marown to the east, Malew to the south-east, Arbory and Rushen to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The parish is a mainly hilly area including the northern slopes of the South Barrule; Slieau Whallian; and to the west, Dalby Mountain. Glen Rushen is located between Dalby Mountain and the South Barrule, and leads downwards to Glen Mooar and finally Glen Maye. Through these glens flows the Glenmaye river, with the Glenmaye waterfall, about one mile from the coast. There are disused slate quarries in Glen Rushen. In common with other hilly areas of the island, there are several forest plantations. The coastal strip, roughly that to the west of the A27 road, is flatter agricultural land. The population was historically partly agricultural, fishing, and mining. Now it is sparsely distributed over the parish: there are four small villages, Dalby near the coast on the west side of Dalby Mountain,

, a former mining village, Patrick in the north, and

, near the coast and home to the glen of the same name. The parish also includes the southern part of the village of St John's. The parish forms part of the ecclesiastical (Anglican) Parish of the West Coast.

Demographics

The Isle of Man census of 2016 returned a parish population of 1,576, an increase of 3.1% from the figure of 1,527 in 2011.

References

Parishes of the Isle of Man {{IsleofMan-geo-stub