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"A Dying Language Spoken Fluently By Fewer Than 1000 People"

 ....well that's according to a review of 'Le Kov', newly released album of fabulous musical talent, Cornish speaking Gwenno,  carried by the widely read newspaper, 'The London Evening Standard'.

Martha Hughes Cannon (July 1, 1857 – July 10, 1932) was born in Madoc Street, Llandudno and emigrated with her family to the USA in 1860. She went on to be a Utah women's rights advocate, suffragist, and Utah State Senator. Martha Hughes Cannon worked as a doctor and was a tireless campaigner for women's rights. She helped put women enfranchisement into Utah's constitution when it was granted statehood in 1896. She became the first female State Senator in the United States when elected on November 3, 1896.  

Today marks 170 years since the Irish tricolour was first flown publicly. Thomas Francis Meagher raised what would later become the national flag at the Wolfe Tone Confederate Club at 33 The Mall in Waterford city in 1848. The flag was presented to Thomas Francis Meagher (August 3 1823 – July 1 1867) when in France by a group who were sympathetic to Irish aspirations for independence. He was a founder member of the Irish Confederation, an Irish nationalist independence movement formed in 1847.  

Yn Commeeys Celtiagh - Celtic League Mannin draws attention to an article in the Irish Times on Irelands Deep Atlantic:

‘Dive Ireland’ Docu Preview And Talk On ‘Ambassadors Of The Deep'

Lorna Siggins marine correspondent on the Irish Times has a feature on a new documentary to be shown on RTE in April. Its entitles ‘Ireland’s Deep Atlantic’ and it was previewed at a meeting of Ireland’s diving fraternity at there ‘Dive Ireland’ conference at the weekend.

There were a range of other presentations and a photographic competition.

Sometimes described as the "woman forgotten by science", Annie Russell Maunder (14 April 1868 – 15 September 1947) will be remembered in a series of events on the anniversary of her birth. As reported by BBC Northern Ireland (Irish: BBC Thuaisceart Éireann) her story will be told in the town of her birth Strabane, County Tyrone (Irish: An Srath Bán, Contae Thír Eoghainas) in the north of Ireland. 

We have just received official notification of the death of Dr James Whetter.

Dr James Whetter, founder of The CNP died earlier this week. James worked hard over the years for his beloved Kernow and organised the Thomas Flamank commemoration for many years.

His daughters Talwyn and Esyld were with him when he died.

James C. A. Whetter born 1935 at St Austell was a noted Cornish historian and editor of The Cornish Banner (An Baner Kernewek). He has contested elections for two Cornish independence parties.

Yn Commeeys Celtiagh - Celtic League Mannin draw attention to an article in the newspaper Irish World that reports on a study of dead whales, dolphins and porpoises in Ireland, which found that nearly one in 10 were found with marine debris in their systems:

MARINE WASTE MAY BE CAUSE OF UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF CETACEAN STRANDINGS

Marine waste and microplastics could be the cause of a record number of whale and dolphin strandings. This report in the Irish World newspaper speculates:

The Loch Ness Monster features on a new UK 10 pence coin that has entered into circulation. Loch Ness (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Nis) is a freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands (Scottish Gaelic: A' Ghàidhealtachd) which is renowned for its great beauty. It is, of course, also famous for being home to the mysterious large aquatic animal known as the Loch Ness Monster or affectionately known by the nickname Nessie (Scottish Gaelic:Niseag).

Yn Commeeys Celtiagh - Celtic League Mannin have consistently raised the issue of over fishing, dangers to marine mammals by current fishing practices and the enormous damage caused by the use of Super trawlers. In this latest article they point out that fish stocks in the sea are not inexhaustible. The time for international action on the issues raised is long past:

MANY TRACES SIMPLY SAY ‘FISHING’ THE FISHING MAFIA OF EUROPE ARE GETTING ‘CUTE’

According to legend, St Piran was born in Ireland in the 6thcentury.

He was renowned for his miraculous deeds but a group of tribal kings grew afraid of his powers and jealous of his influence. They put a millstone around his neck and threw him off the top of a high cliff into the sea.

As Piran fell, lightening and thunder raged, but as he reached the sea the storm ceased and the Irish watched St Piran float on the millstone towards the Cornish shore.