Ballabeg Its most famous occupant is Captain John Quilliam, who steered the "Victory" as First Lieutenant at the Battle of Trafalgar. The annual parish festival, , is the parish's main event of the year. It traditionally alternated between Ballabeg and Colby, but in recent years has been held only in Ballabeg. It commemorates the parish's patron saint, Columba. is Manx for St Columba's Day. Ballabeg There are several small villages and hamlets with the name Ballabeg in the Isle of Man. The most well-known, and most populous, of these is a village in the parish of Arbory in the sheading of
Port St Mary Railway between Douglas and Port Erin. Steam trains operate on the line several times a day during the summer season, and stop at Port St Mary. The village is served by Bus Vannin services to Port Erin, Castletown, Douglas and Onchan. Once a fishing and trading port, the village is still popular with tourists and fishermen, especially during the summer. The inner harbour, with its pier created in 1812, is tidal and dries out from half-tide. The outer harbour, created when the Alfred Pier was built in 1882, is accessible at all tide states - unique amongst the Manx ports.