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Fête de la Bretagne in California

 May 18th - 27th in San Francisco, Berkley, San Diego, CA

Saturday 28th April, 2018 will again see thousands flock to Camborne to celebrate Richard Trevithick, that great Cornish engineer so sadly neglected by the British Parliament in 1828, as has been and still is usual in their handling of Cornwall and Cornish matters. But we celebrate despite their governments aim to subsume us as part of their bland greater England project so desired by the Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP.

Here is the great man's story:

Richard Trevithick, was born in Illogan, Cornwall, in 1771.

Details and web links to the May Festivals noted below can be found at the concusion of the article via the attached links.

Scotland: Highlands & Islands Music and Dance festival:

Tourism is a continuing success story for the Scottish economy, worth more than £5 billion. Last year record numbers visited and the trend appears set to continue in 2018. A major factor in its popularity is the stress placed on the unique Celtic culture of Scotland. Along with its thousands of historic sites, including prehistoric stone circles, standing stones, burial chambers, and Bronze Age, Iron Age and Stone Age remains.

Yn Commeeys Celtiagh - Celtic League Mannin draws attention to this article about the dodgy dealings of the BBC. The BBC, with its second rate and bias news coverage, actually forces people to pay for its upkeep. The Isle of Man, in particular, should not feel compelled to force its people to pay the BBC Licence fee. The work of the BBC is funded principally by an annual television licence fee costing £150.50  per year. At this time such a licence is required to legally receive broadcast television by all households across the Isle of Man.

News from Manx National Heritage:

Daniel O'Connell (Irish: Dónall Ó Conaill; 6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847) was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century. He campaigned for Catholic emancipation and repeal of the Acts of Union which combined Great Britain and Ireland. This was established on 1 January 1801 by the Acts of Union 1800, which merged the parliaments of Great Britain and Ireland and incorporated the Kingdom of Ireland into the British Crown. The fight for Irish self-governance was to lead in Ireland seceding from the Union and forming the Irish Free State in 1922.

Gorsedh Kernow Proclamation

The Killacourt, Newquay

Sat 21st April, 2018 11am at the Killacourt

Announcing the forthcoming Gorsedh Kernow ceremony

The bards of Cornwall hold their annual Esedhvos Festival of Cornish Culture in a different Cornish town each time, and this year we’ll be in Newquay.

The Proclamation ceremony presents the formal invitation from the Mayor and townspeople of Newquay to Gorsedh Kernow to hold their Festival and bardic ceremony in the town later in the year.

News from Conradh na Gaelige:

Thousands have attended a march and street festival in Dublin on Saturday in celebration of the Irish language. "Beo, Gaelach agus Bródúil" saw Gaeltacht communities, schools, college societies, sports clubs, families and language and community groups taking part.