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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.

Here on the Isle of Man, the annual Shennaghys Jiu festival will be celebrating its twenty first anniversary (30th March - 2nd April). Predominantly based in Ramsey (with a special concert in Peel on Sunday afternoon), organisers are planning to highlight a wide range of local talent in conjunction with a continuous development of the festival atmosphere.

The Get Creative Festival (https://getcreativeuk.com/) 17th to 25th March, aims to shine a light on all the fantastic cultural activity which takes place across Britain, encouraging everyone to have a go at something new and imaginative.

During the festival, the Isle of Man Branch of the Embroiderers’ Guild will be holding a Celebrate Stitch Day from 10.00am until 4.00 pm on Saturday 24th March at St Andrew’s Hall, St Ninian’s, Douglas.

The following statement has just been received from C4C:

Dear Friend,

Last weekend (10 March 2018) the event ‘Planning for People or Profit?’ was attended by scores of town and parish councillors environmental associations, local action groups and other activists in Cornwall. The common concern to everyone is over-development and a Planning system that strongly favours profit-seeking housing corporations over the needs of communities.

Kernow

12 III 2018

The following statement has been received from Cornish Solidarity:

Cornish Solidarity was pleased to take an active role to demonstrate its support for Cornwall 4 Change and the Community Voice on Planning (COVOP).

We were able to join everyone in welcoming Cornwall Councillors Rob Nolan and Loveday Jenkin and a number of town and parish councillors along as observers.

Scottish tennis star Andy Murray, a three-time Grand Slam tournament winner and two-time Olympic champion, is among a group of celebrities who have called on the UK government to use new trade freedom powers after Brexit to ban all fur imports. They have sent an open letter to a Sunday newspaper pointing out that it is hypocritical that fur farming was banned in the UK but that products could still be imported. They write :“If fur is too cruel to produce in this country, it’s too cruel to sell in this country.