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Apr 01, 1946 Isle of Man, United Kingdom 78 years old
Manx politician
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About Bernard Moffatt
- Bernard Moffatt was born in Peel, Isle of Man in April 1946.
- Both his mother (Millie Cashin) and father (James Moffatt) were Manx.
- He was educated at Peel Clothworkers School, a stroke of luck for someone who would become a leading figure in the Nationalist movement, because at that time schools which promoted Manx cultural affairs were the exception.
- Peel School, although then under the headship of a Yorkshireman (George Sayle), was one such, so Manx History and Culture was on the agenda.
- Manx dancing classes at the School were organised by Mona Douglas, an icon of the Manx cultural revival, and Moffatt was enrolled in one of those teams. "I'm now a fully committed Manx Nationalist" he said, and the start of this was the emphasis placed at school on Manx history art and culture.
- "We used to have Mona Douglas round to talk to us – and I was in the Manx folk dancing team".In his youth Moffatt came to know several significant figures (all from the west of the island) on the Manx nationalist and language scene (the brothers Walter and Leslie Quirk, Jack Irving and Alfie Cooil), although at that time there was no official Nationalist Party.
