Manannán mac Lir (son of the Sea) is the Celtic Sea god. He loved the Isle of Man, or Manannan's Isle, and wanted to protect it. When danger approached, Manannan would rise from the sea and stretch out his cloak, (it was made from sea mist) and wrap this little island in his protection.
This can be a little bit of a problem when the humans can't see the dangers approaching, but Manannan has stretched out his cloak to hide us. "Ah, a wee bit of mist, what's the problem?" It's not just a 'wee bit' of mist. It's mist so thick you can't see the houses across the other side of the street. It's mist so thick that visibility is down to 5m on the mountain. Ship and aircraft have often turned back because it is not safe to dock or land in the sea mist.
After all the heat and sunshine during TT, it's strange being cool again, wrapped in the soft embrace of Manannan.
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