Andreas, Isle of Man

Andreas or Kirk Andreas (Manx: Andreas) is a village on the Isle of Man, lying in the north of the island, 5 km from the island's second town, Ramsey. There is a large, and nowadays little used, airfield in the vicinity.

Andreas lies at an altitude of about 20 metres, in the centre of the island's northern plain, in the parish of Andreas, which takes in part of the sandy lands known as the Curragh, and to the north contains low, rounded hills, lying between Port Cranstal and Blue Head. It is further within the sheading of Ayre.

A now little-used RAF airfield is about 1 km to the east of the village.

Both the village and the parish take their name from Saint Andrew. Evidence for human habitation of the area stretches back to the pre-Christian era. The Bronze Age Ballavarry Burial Mound can be found a short distance outside the village.

St Andrew's Church, the parish church for Andreas, was most likely built on the site of a much older early Christian keeill (small chapel).

Several medieval Manx carved stone crosses with slabs have been discovered in the vicinity of the parish church. Eleven slabs are now on display in St Andrew's Church. Many of the crosses illustrate the shared Celtic and Norse history of the Isle of Man. For example, Thorwald's Cross has a Christian cross as its central theme but it also depicts Norse mythological figure Odin being devoured by the wolf Fenrir at the Battle of Ragnarök.

The old rectory in Andreas village was the most significant residential building in the village for centuries. William Blundell's A History of the Isle of Man (1648–1656) makes reference to the rectory during the time of Bishop Samuel Rutter. It is now a registered building.

For much of the history of the village, the community was primarily based around agriculture. In recent years many inhabitants of the village now commute daily to Ramsey or Douglas.