Talk: Isle of Man
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I think Ellan Vannin is in the European Union, though European law has a restricted effect dues to the act of accession. Might be worth updating. Francis Davey
I think Iceland also claims to have the oldest parliament. Anyone know which is older?
The Iceland parliament dates to 980 CE. I don't know the date for Isle of Man but probably newer?
The Tynwald bills itself as the oldest continuous parliament and had it millenium celebration in 1979. Apparently this means the Icelandic parliament is "discontinuous"? The Althing was founded in 930 but one website talks about the restoration of parliament in 1845. --rmhermen
Correct. The Icelandic Althing is older, but was disbanded from 1800 to 1843. There's a decent discussion of the comings and goings of the Althing on Wikipedia's Iceland/History page. -- Paul Drye
I would recommend an explanation of the flag design, because that is seriously one wacked-up flag. -Branddobbe
Flagspot Provides useful background and history of the IOM flag.
What history page?
There is a link to History of the Isle of Man in the main section but this just redirects back to the main article. Should it be removed?
Sovereignty
I didn't know about its sovereignty status. Could we liken it to Monaco -> France? [-- 80.58.3.239 ]
- No, Martinique is an integral department of the French Republic. I think the status of IoM is adequately explained in article Crown dependency.
- Man vyi 12:01, Sep 23, 2004 (UTC)
