Kewaigue
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Kewaigue is an area, hill and school near White Hoe in the parish of Braddan, near to Douglas, Isle of Man
The Isle of Man government website contains an educational page on Kewaigue which includes this fascinating story of old:
The 17 children who resided in the area of Quines Hill all failed to attend school on 21 September 1893. The reason given for their absence was the unsafe condition of Fairy Bridge. In wet weather the water of the Middle River flows over the bridge, the children got their feet wet in traveling to school. (The remains of the original Fairy Bridge can still be seen if you walk down the footpath at the side of Middle Farm. The new Fairy Bridge was built on the main A5 Castletown to Douglas road in Ballalonna Glen, below Ballalonna Bridge, for tourism reasons.)
The school's population is still growing with the building of a new housing estate at Mount Murray (Braddan and Santon).
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- White Hoe, Kewaigue, Braddan - The famous Okell's Brewery
- White Hoe (at Ellenbrook), Kewaigue- The new bridge and old "Snotty Bridge".
