Erin port
Port Erin ( Purt Chiarn in Mannois) is a small town of the south of the island of Man. Its name mannois means is the “port of the Lord” or the “wearing of Iron”.
Tourism, teaching and culture
Seaside resort, the city also has a port where is placed the department of marine biology of the university of Liverpool and the remainders of a dam destroyed by a storm in 1884. The department of marine biology was closed in 2005 for a question of financing and the future of the building was not fixed yet.
Port Erin has a sand beach sheltered by two points. The point of Bradda is surmounted by a Folie, the tower of Milner.
The walk, elevated compared to the sea front, is bordered of hotels dating for the majority from the time victorienne. A certain number of hotels were reconverted in apartments because of the decline of tourism.
The city is famous for its points of sights, in particular the superb sunsets on bay of Erin Port or the point of Bradda and the frequent outlines of the mountains of Mourne, on the close Irish coast.
The city also has an arts center which lodges more international big competition of Viole of the world and more than two hundred activities each year, a museum of the Railroad, connected to the station of Erin Port, western terminus of the line which serves the island.
Population
According to the census of 2001, the population is of: 3369 inhabitants.
Famous inhabitants
See too
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