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Cur twoaie da sterrymyn greiney!

Ga dy vel earish sterrymagh er ve jannoo er yn Ellan er y gherrid, ec y traa cheddin lhisagh shin cur twoaie da ny reddyn oddys ve jeant ec sterrymyn greiney.

Shen coardail rish oayllee-rollageydys ynnydagh Howard Parkin.

Ayns recortys-gaue ashoonagh yn Reeriaght Unnaneyssit, ta sterrymyn greiney coontit dy ve yn chiarroo vaggyrt smoo gaueagh.

Video from Culture Vannin promoting Shennaghys Jiu Celtic Youth Festival, which Culture Vannin helped make.

Shennaghys Jiu (tradition today) was founded in 1998 as a way of bringing young musicians together in a non-competitive environment, giving them the opportunity to “take the stage” without any added pressure. The festival has grown to become an important event in the Manx calendar, taking place mainly in Ramsey around Easter..

On Monday 6th October in St Bride's Church in London's Fleet Street another successful Mhelliah was held by the London Manx Society (Yn Cheshaght Vanninagh Lunnin). The service was led by St Bride's Lay Preacher David Smith. Readings were in both Manx and English, including The Lords Prayer (Padjyr y Chairn) recited in Manx by Maisie Sell and the annual Tynwald Day prayer read by Mary Weller. Traditional Manx hymns were sung with music provided by another Society member, Margaret Brady.

It is now 27 years since the death of Mona Douglas on 8th October 1987. However, her light continues to burn as brightly as ever. Mona Douglas was a Manx cultural activist, folklorist, poet, novelist and journalist. She was involved in many initiatives to revive interest and activity in Manx culture.This included societies, classes, publications and youth groups. In the 1930's she set up Aeglagh Vannin (the Youth of Mann) and adopted the motto: Piatchyn jiu, ashoon mairagh ("Children today, a nation tomorrow"). She composed a song for them:

O Land of our allegiance

Alec Salmond MSP

Office of the First Minister

St Andrews House

Regent Road

Edinburgh

Scotland

Dear First Minister,

On behalf of the Manx Nationalist Party, Mec Vannin, I write to wish you all the best for the future following your decision today to announce you were standing down from the role of First Minister.

You can be justly proud of the progress your country has made during your period at the helm of the SNP government.

Firstly we need to congratulate the Yes campaign in Scotland for the magnificent fight that they put up. They undoubtedly conducted the best campaign and had the strongest arguments. This battle is lost but the war is not. The fact that over 45% of the Scottish voters defied an absolute anti-independence media onslaught and threats from Westminster says a lot. 

All of the talk from Westminster (UK) at the moment is about how hopeless Scotland and the Scottish are and how it would not survive without its English masters. The attitude and vindictiveness towards Scotland is clearly seen by British Prime Minister David Cameron's covert meetings in London to try and influence business leaders to say they would leave Scotland if there was a Yes vote. Well Dave, with self proclaimed friends of Scotland like you around who needs enemies!

Poor Scotland has just had to endure the patronising presence of the English leaders of the three largest parties in the UK parliament. David Cameron (Conservative) Ed Miliband (Labour) and Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat). Even within England these three men are viewed with scorn and derision. In a panic response after opinion polls showed increasing support for an independent Scotland, these representatives of the British establishment managed to find Scotland on the map and travel north. 'Too little too late' is the response of most Scottish voters to their visit.

(Manx Gaelic : Naight – Radio Vannin) 

Ta Stampyn as Cooinaghyn Ellan Vannin er cho-obbraghey marish Scrialtys Speyr Ghorraghey (Dark Sky Discovery) dy chur roish stampyn yindyssagh ta jannoo ardeailley jeh aalid as glennid speyryn-oie Vannin.

V'eh goit rish ny s'leaie sy vlein shoh dy vel speyr Vannin nane jeh ny speyryn share syn Oarpey son jeeaghyn er ny rollageyn. Hed ny stampyn er cur magh yn chied laa Mean Fouyir.

A depressed London based media is desperately trying to salvage something after the remarkable performance by Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond in the televised debate with pro-union Alistair Darling. Opinion polls show a huge 71% to 29% majority believe that Alex Salmond scored a victory over Alistair Darling in the debate. It’s certainly not difficult to see why. Darling was reduced to a stuttering, finger pointing wreck as he failed repeatedly to answer questions or make any positive case whatsoever for keeping Scotland within the United Kingdom.