Sheading of Rushen

Rushen is a sheading in the Isle of Man

Isle of Man

The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...

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The sheading comprises the southernmost portion of the island. It includes the parishes of Rushen

Rushen

Rushen , formerly Kirk Christ Rushen , is a parish in the sheading of the same name in the Isle of Man. The parish is a fishing and agricultural district at the south-westernmost point of the island. The parish is one of three in the sheading of Rushen...

, Arbory

Arbory (parish)

Arbory is a parish in the Isle of Man. The name is derived from "Kirk Cairbre". It forms part of the sheading of Rushen in the south of the island, and its main settlements are Colby and Ballabeg .-External links:*...

 and Malew

Malew

Malew is a parish in the Isle of Man. It is in the sheading of Rushen together with the neighbouring parishes of Rushen and Arbory.Malew parish covers an area from Langness Peninsula and Scarlett up to Foxdale, and includes the villages of Ballasalla, St Mark's and Derbyhaven. The area includes...

. The only village of any size in the sheading is Ballasalla

Ballasalla

Ballasalla is a village in the parish of Malew in the south-east of the Isle of Man, close to the town of Castletown. The village was built mostly from the ruins of the nearby Rushen Abbey, a Cistercian abbey founded in the 12th century and dissolved in the 16th century.-Governance:The local...

. The sheading also includes Ronaldsway

Ronaldsway

Ronaldsway is a place in Malew in the south of the Isle of Man, between the village of Ballasalla and the town of Castletown. It is notable as the location of Isle of Man Airport and historically RNAS Ronaldsway, together with the adjoining customs free zone and industrial estate.Ronaldsway is the...

 airport and the South Barrule

South Barrule

South Barrule is a hill in the south of the Isle of Man. It has the remains of a fort on its summit, which is believed to be the home of the Manx god of the sea Mannanan beg mac y Leir, and is largely surrounded by plantations. On the south western slope of the hill the Cringle reservoir was...

. The town of Castletown

Castletown

Castletown is a town geographically within the Malew parish of the Isle of Man but administered separately. Lying at the south of the island, it is the former Manx capital. The centre of town is dominated by Castle Rushen, a well-preserved castle.-History:...

 and the villages of Port Erin and Port St Mary are geographically in the sheading but are separate for administrative purposes, and this separation results in an exclave of the sheading at the south west extremity of the island and which includes the folk museum of Cregneash

Cregneash

Cregneash or Cregneish is a remote village situated on Mull Hill in the south of the Isle of Man.Annual Manx festivals are held in Cregneash and it is home to a flock of the rare four-horned Loaghtan sheep. Much of the village forms a "Living Museum" dedicated to the preservation of the...

 and also the Calf of Man

Calf of Man

Calf of Man, sometimes known as the Calf of Mann , is a island , off the southwest coast of the Isle of Man. It is separated from the Isle of Man by a narrow stretch of water called the Calf Sound. Like the nearby rocky islets of Chicken Rock and Kitterland, it is part of the parish of Rushen. It...

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The House of Keys constituency

House of Keys Constituencies

-Current constituencies:These were used for the 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011 General Elections. The current electoral constituencies for the House of Keys are:-1986 changes:...

 of Rushen

Rushen (constituency)

Rushen is a House of Keys constituency in the south of the Isle of Man which incorporates the parishes of Rushen and Arbory together with the villages of Port Erin and Port St Mary....

covers the whole sheading without the parish of Malew and town of Castletown.