Peggy of Castletown "Peggy" will be returned to her home in Castletown. Peggy of Castletown Peggy is an armed yacht built in 1789 for George Quayle MHK (1751–1835), a prominent politician and banker (see Isle of Man Bank) on the Isle of Man. She is the oldest surviving Manx craft and is one of only a very few surviving vessels built in the 18th century. For over 100 years following Quayle's death, "Peggy" was interred within the boathouse he built for her next to Bridge House, in Bridge Street, Castletown, effectively forgotten. Interest in her grew during the 20th century, and after World
Ballabeg, Lonan Ballabeg is mainly agricultural land used for the grazing of sheep. There are areas of mature and newly planted woodland (including a nationally important cliff-side ancient oak forest remnant), gorse, brooghs (headlands) and small dubs or ponds. The A2 Douglas to Ramsey road bisects the settlement. The Manx Electric Railway runs through the settlement and has a level crossing there. The Raad ny Foillan long-distance path also passes through Ballabeg. The settlement has no defined boundaries but is said to be bounded by the Raad Ballagawne in the south, the Irish Sea (Laxey Bay) in the east, Church Road in