versions of such local traditions appear to be the inspiration behind his epic Gaelic battle-poem Na Lochlannaich an Ile ("The Norsemen in Islay"). The Gaelic folk song Birlinn Ghoraidh Chróbhain, sometimes called Birlinn Ghoraidh Chrobhain and Godred Crovan's Galley, was composed by Duncan Johnston, and released in part one of his 1938 book Cronan nan Tonn. Johnston's song describes the journey of Godred's royal birlinn'' from Mann to Islay, and commemorates the sea-power of the Crovan dynasty. Due to Godred's place in Manx history, he is given a role in the fictional history of The Island of Sodor in The Railway Series by Wilbert Awdry (the name Sodor itself being a reference to the title of Bishop of Sodor and Man). The station of Crovan's Gate as depicted in the books and the TV adaption Thomas & Friends is the junction of the North Western Railway and the narrow gauge Skarloey Railway, and in Awdry's writing was the site of a battle between Godred Crovan and the Norman army. Notes Citations References Primary sources Secondary sources External links How Goraidh Crobhan slayed a dragon @ Tobar an Dualchais – Kist o Riches, recording of an account of Godred slaying a dragon on Islay Bìrlinn Ghoraidh Chrobhain @ Tobar an Dualchais – Kist o Riches, recording of a song concerning Godred Bìrlinn Ghoraidh Chròbhain @ Tobar an Dualchais – Kist o Riches, recording of a song concerning Godred Bìrlinn Ghoraidh Chròbhain @ Tobar an Dualchais – Kist o Riches, recording of a song concerning Godred 1095 deaths 11th-century deaths from plague (disease) 11th-century Irish monarchs 11th-century Manx people 11th-century rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles 11th-century Scottish people Burials in Iona Crovan dynasty Monarchs of Dublin Monarchs of the Isle of Man Rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles Year of birth unknown