... countries that experienced an influx of migrants from the Celtic nations, who brought with them their own traditions. However, the origins of Halloween are Celtic and in the lands of Brittany, Cornwall, Ireland, Isle of Man, Scotland ...
Mair Williams - Oct 16 2014 - 11:48pm - 0 comments
... Celts and Vikings - Scandinavian Influences on the Celtic Nations Manx Vikings, the great Irish-Celtic High King Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf The Thing Sites: A ...
Douglas MacQueen - Mar 25 2015 - 10:16pm - 0 comments
Alastair Kneale's blog The Celtic festival Halloween is celebrated on the night of 31st October and 1st November every year and is associated with the Celtic feast of Kala-Goañv (Breton), Calan Gwaf (Cornish), Samhain (Irish), ... Gaeaf (Welsh). In the Isle of Man it is the date of the celebration known as Hop tu Naa. Traditionally it is a time of year when the ...
Alastair Kneale - Oct 31 2015 - 5:51pm - 0 comments
... the anniversary as: “… a yearlong festival for the celebration of Irish and for the 125th anniversary of the revival of Irish. The ... Great Famine of 1845-47, which disrupted ancient customs and Celtic langauge social interactions, is reputed to have rung the death knell ...
Emmett McIntyre - Nov 30 2017 - 10:01pm
... News from Kernow Matters To Us: Mock Mayor traditional celebration in Penryn (by Simon Reed) Saturday October 1st, 2016 sees the return of one of Penryn’s most famous and interesting traditions, the election of ...
Mair Williams - Sep 29 2016 - 3:16pm - 0 comments
Douglas MacQueen's blog A birthday celebration, complete with piper and cake, took place at Glenelg (Scottish Gaelic: Glinn Eilg) in the Localsh area of Highland in western Scotland on Saturday. It was the 50th birthday of ...
Douglas MacQueen - Sep 30 2019 - 10:45pm
... blog October 27th was the 100th anniversary of Dylan Thomas's birth. Throughout the year there has been a recognition and celebration of his work. Last night saw the conclusion of 36-hour live ...
Mair Williams - Oct 28 2014 - 11:47am - 0 comments
... Cymru - Welsh Language Music Day. This annual event is a celebration of all forms of Welsh Language music. All types of musical genre are included ...
Mair Williams - Feb 7 2020 - 11:34am
... 2013 by Myghal Map Serpren In Kernow, the time of Halloween or Samhain, is known as Nos Calan Gwaf and is widely celebrated. ... Gwaf - gans My Ha’m Ros Yma Calan Gwaf ow tos nes, pan fleghes doth awra omguntell adro an tan whyflyn, dhe glewes an whethlow aga ...
Emmett McIntyre - Oct 15 2018 - 3:34pm
... This aptly named publication is an inspiring new book of Manx music which is likely to appeal to a wide range of music lovers, ... of Man. Published by Culture Vannin and priced at £12, Celebration and Contemplation is available from many Island bookshops, or ...
Valerie Caine - May 1 2017 - 10:31pm