Yn Lhaihder (Manx: [ən ˈlʲaɪdðəɾ], "The Reader") is an official who takes part in the annual Tynwald Day ceremony at St John's, Isle of Man.
[1] The role of Yn Lhaihder is central to reaffirming the Manx identity of the proceedings of Tynwald Day.
When Yn Lhaihder was first appointed in 1910, he read out in Manx the name (short title) and a brief summary of each law to be promulgated.
In 1972 Mr Craine, as Lhaihder, fenced the Court in Manx after the retiring Coroner of Glenfaba had done so in English.
However, in the unusual circumstances of Tynwald Day 2020, with the ceremony being much reduced in scale due to the COVID pandemic, the Lhaihder, Bob Carswell, once again promulgated the laws in Manx.