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Alistair Urquhart was a former prisoner-of-war. He was serving in Singapore with the Gordon Highlanders' Second Battalion during the Second World War when the island was captured by Japanese forces. He was among thousands taken prisoner and ended up being forced to build the notorious Burma-Siam railway. He was one of those put to work under atrocious conditions in what became known as "Hellfire Pass", where men had to cut through solid rock using hand tools and dynamite. It is estimated that some 13,000 Allied PoWs died on the railway. 

News from Kernow Matters To Us:

In a supreme and brave act of defiance, our Gorsedh Kernow has announced that the north Cornwall town of Launceston (Lansteventon in our Cornish language) would host the 2017 Gorsedh Kernow Esedhvos Festival of Cornish Culture and Bardic ceremony.

From Galway Bay FM News and the Connacht Tribune:

Galway’s Oireachtas members are being urged to lobby for more investment in the Irish language and Gaeltacht areas. Conradh na Gaelige is calling on TDs (members of the Lower House of the Irish Parliament) and Senators to reverse what it describes as detrimental cuts to the Irish language sector.

Scotland's First Minister First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is attending the Arctic Circle Assembly 2016 in Iceland's capital Reykjavik. Delegates from 50 countries are attending the conference to discuss the development and protection of the Arctic region.The first minister is addressing the Assembly on the topic of climate change. Whilst there she has also announced an agreement between tourist organisations in Scotland and Iceland.

News from Kernow Matters To Us:

Kernow

7th October, 2016

A why agas oll wheg,

Notice of demonstration against Devonwall and other Westminster impositions!

Anti - Devonwall Peaceful Protest 11am to 4pm Sunday 30th October, 2016 Polson Bridge, Launceston, Cornwall

The lady Bards of Gorsedh Kernow organising this protest have given us the go ahead! The protest is on!

On Monday 10th October, 2016 one of them is to be interviewed by the BBC up in Plymouth about the protest and why we are all so angry about 'Devonwall'!

Produced by the "The New World Celts”, an organization dedicated to “Promoting Celtic History and Celtic Culture in the New Worlds” in association with Celtic Heritage Productions, the Celtober Festival will be held in Asheville, North Carolina on Thursday October, 20.

Headlining the Festival are two bands who themselves serve as Ambassadors of Celtic Culture.

A rare bottle of Glenfiddich whisky has been sold for a record-breaking £68,500 ($86,435) at Bonhams Whisky Sale in Scotland's capital Edinburgh (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann) yesterday (Wednesday 5 October). The bottle was laid down in cask 843 at the Glenfiddich Distillery at Dufftown, Moray (Gaelic: Baile Bhainidh, Moireibh), in 1937 and was bottled 64 years later in 2001. It was described as highly unusual for a single malt Scotch Whisky of this age to have kept its strength, which made the 60 bottles from cask 843 so desirable.

News from the Celtic League:

'There were massacres, villages were burned by French troops and in one horrendous incident live people were thrown from a French military plane'.

Earlier this year a further claim was brought in the United Kingdom High Court for victims of violence perpetrated by the UK military and security police in Kenya in the 1950s during the so called Mau May emergency. An earlier case was settled in 2013 with the UK ordered to pay just under £20 million to over 5000 victims. The new case is expected to take a year to complete.

Kevren - Cornish Language News from MAGA

As part of the Taves an Tir project a new education and resources pack has been produced and is available free of charge to every school in Cornwall.

The aim of Taves an Tir was to encourage people to find out more about Cornish Language Place-Names and Family Names around them.

Image compliments of www.buzzle.com

The Scottish Gaelic Tattoo Handbook: Authentic Words and Phrases in the Celtic Language of Scotland