Maughold
Maughold is venerated as the patron saint of the Isle of Man.
Maughold is venerated as the patron saint of the Isle of Man. Tradition states that he was an Irish prince and captain of a band of freebooters who was converted to Christianity by Saint Patrick. His feast day is 25 April. His original name is unclear, but was probably adapted from Bishop MacCaille of Croghan, County Offaly, who received Brigit of Kildare into religious life
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Worth seeing in and around Maughold
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Cashtal yn Ard
Cashtal yn Ard is a Neolithic chambered tomb in Cornaa, in the parish of Maughold in the Isle of Man. It is situated on a low hill overlooking much of the surrounding parish of Maughold and across to the Lake District in England.
3.9 km · archaeological site on the Isle of Man · Wikipedia - 02Maughold Head Lighthouse
Maughold Head Lighthouse is an active 20th century lighthouse, located on the headland of the same name at the southern end of Ramsey Bay on the eastern coast of the Isle of Man. Completed in 1914, it was designed by David A and Charles Stevenson.
600 m · lighthouse on the Isle of Man · Wikipedia
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Getting to Maughold
- Airports
- Isle of Man (IOM), 31 km · Belfast (BFS), 129 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 135 km
- Stations
- Ballaglass Glen Halt, 3.7 km · Belle Vue Halt, 3 km · Cornaa railway station, 3.1 km · Lewaigue railway station, 2.3 km
- Belfast → Maughold109 km · quickest by ferry, 7h 4m · £113–233
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Maughold135 km · quickest by road, 9h 59m · £37–49
- Liverpool → Maughold132 km · quickest by ferry, 5h 4m · £68–153
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Maughold
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Maughold. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe quickest driving route from Douglas (the capital and ferry port) is by A18, 15 miles over the shoulder of Snaefell.
From Wikivoyage: Ramsey (Isle of Man), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Maughold – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Maughold
- Port e Vullenvillage in the Isle of Man2.3 km