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27 III 2018

Stop Press: Friday’s ‘Cornwall Housing Summit’ for developers has recommended an increase of new builds in Cornwall from 52,000 to 60,000!

A message from campaign co-ordinator, Orlando Kimber:

Purely by chance, I met one of the UK’s leading landscape architects last week.

News from the Celtic League:

The 50th commemoration of the 61 victims of the crash of Aer Lingus flight EI 172 (St. Phelim) took place on Sat, last in Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford, Ireland. The flight had been on its way from Cork to London. It is Ireland’s worst aviation tragedy.

News from the Celtic League:

Ireland's Minister with Responsibility for Defence Paul Kehoe has visited Irish troops serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Currently, a total of some 380 Irish personnel are serving with UNIFIL.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Ireland’s first deployment to Lebanon as part of the UNIFIL mission.

One Sunday, 18 March 2018 the Minister laid a wreath at a monument in Tibnin to remember the forty seven Irish men who died while serving with UNIFIL.

Minister Kehoe said that:

Ceunant Llennyrch National Nature Reserve near Trawsfynydd in Gwynedd, Wales has been referred to as a Celtic rainforest because of its humid conditions and variety of wildlife. It is seen as one of  Europe’s most spectacular oak woodlands. Now the Reserve has been massively extended. The original 12-hectare reserve, on one side of the gorge, is managed by Natural Resources Wales. Now, the Woodland Trust’s 300 hectares of land on the other side of the gorge has won National Nature Reserve status.

The House of Binns, is the former home of General Tam Dalyell and is now managed by the National Trust For Scotland. The house we now see dates from the early 17th century, but is built on the site of previous manor houses. It is thought that Binns Hill was inhabited from prehistoric times and may have been the site of a Pictish fort. The House of Binns eventually came into the possession of the Dalyell family. Dalyell is a Scottish surname which derives from the Scottish Gaelic Dail-gheal meaning bright dale.

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of nine 12 Century houses during work being undertaken at Dean Street in the Coombe area of Dublin, Ireland's capital city. The dig is being undertaken ahead of the construction of a 234-bed hotel. The five dwellings and four outhouses would have originally been outside the old city walls of Dublin. They were preserved beneath the floors of later buildings on the site. An number of late Viking and medieval periods artefacts have been discovered, including a very well preserved drawing on slate of a man riding a horse.

In this article in Yn Commeeys Celtiagh - Celtic League Mannin the issue is raised of the past excavations of ancient sites on Peel Hill in the Isle of Man and historical artefacts uncovered which have now gone missing. The Chronicles of the Kings of Mann and the Isles or Manx Chronicle, which is also mentioned in the article, is a medieval Latin manuscript relating to the early history of the Isle of Man.

News from the Celtic League:

Saturday next will mark the anniversary of the worst loss of life in a air crash over the Irish Sea. It was March 24th 1968 when Aer Lingus Flight EI-AOM Flight 712 ‘St Phelim’ crashed near Tuskar Rock off Wexford all on board the Viscount airliner perished.

Media Release Culture Vannin:

Pohllinee  - Merpeople

Jedoonee / Sunday will see a Manx Gaelic beach clean at Perwick in Purt le Moirrey. Organised by Culture Vannin, in conjunction with Beach Buddies, the first, in what will prove to be a regular clean-up at Perwick, will involve volunteers from a variety of Manx speaking groups such as Pobble and Mooinjer Veggey working under the umbrella title of Pohllinee or Merpeople!

Saint Patrick is the primary patron saint of Ireland and Saint Patrick's Day is observed on 17 March, which is said to be the date of his death. Celebrated inside and outside Ireland as a religious and cultural holiday, it is also a celebration of Ireland and all things Irish. Patrick was a 5th Century missionary, who came from Roman Britain and first arrived in Ireland as a slave. Patrick tells us he came from an area called Bannevam Taburniae.