Baase Illiam Dhone - Mona Douglas from hero gree Watch Video
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Description: A visual poem for Mona Douglas' singing of 'Baase Illiam Dhone', one of the Isle of Man's most important traditional songs.nnIlliam Dhone was a Manx National hero who was executed on 2 January 1663 for his role in steering the Isle of Man away from the carnage of the English Civil War. One of the oldest traditional songs in the Manx musical tradition is 'Baase Illiam Dhone' ('Brown William's Death' in Manx Gaelic) which recounts the life and execution of the martyr (whose real name was William C