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Kernow Matters letter sent to London Evening Standard following members discussion a copy of which is detailed below:

Kernow
7 Mis Merth, 2018

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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'.

Scotland has been experiencing some difficult weather conditions in recent weeks. Snow, ice and blizzard conditions has caused major disruption and often brought things to a standstill. All credit therefore goes to those that work for the National Health Service and have made every possible effort to reach vulnerable patients in their homes and those requiring treatment in hospital. One such case has recently been highlighted in the Scottish media. High risk weather condition had resulted in a red alert for snow being issued and a warning not to travel in Scotland.

News from the Celtic League:

Defiant Islanders Reject Obsolete Ferry 

The beleaguered Islanders of Tory Island off Donegal have expressed their determination not to have a 40 years old vessel that seemed fit only for the scrapheap become the replacement ferry imposed on them by the Department of the Gaeltacht.

The Islanders are supported in their fight by the Celtic League and Irish language groups. The League, in a campaign led by its Irish branch, has said any ferry service must meet IMO SOLAS standards.

Dounreay (Scottish Gaelic: Dùnrath) is on the north coast of Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland and west of the town of Thurso. Since the 1950s it has been the site of two nuclear establishments. Used for the development of prototype fast breeder reactors and submarine reactor testing. Most of these facilities are now being decommissioned. In a report in the Scottish regional newspaper the Press and Journal: "A leading independent nuclear expert has called for increased monitoring of a Caithness beach after an “alarming” radioactive fragment was found."

"The Incredible Balti Celtic Carpet Ride"

Cornwall's renowned academic and playwright, Dr. Alan Kent has written an exciting and remarkable new play, the trailer for which is below.

TOURING CORNWALL THROUGHOUT APRIL 2018

Friday 30 March Probus Village Hall Tour Launch Night

Sat 31 March Hall for Gwinear. TR27 5JL. Tel. 01736 850 781

"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.