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The Titanic exhibition in Belfast (Irish: Béal Feirste) in the northeast of Ireland (Irish: Éire), has been named Europe’s Leading Visitor Attraction at the World Travel Awards 2016. Known as Titanic Belfast, more than three million people have visited the attraction since it opened in 2012. It  occupies the same location where the Titanic was built and launched by the shipbuilders Harland and Wolff. They built large slipways and graving docks to accommodate the construction of Titanic and her sister ships Olympic and Britannic.

News from Kernow Matters To Us:

Keep Kernow Whole says the Grand Bard of Cornwall
4th September, 2016

“This is the parish that holds the spirit of Cornwall” said Grand Bard Merv Davey, Telynor an Weryn, in his address to fellow bards, visiting dignitaries and members of the public at Gorsedh Kernow’s annual bardic ceremony, held this year in a rain soaked St Keverne.

Media release from Culture Vannin:

Manannan takes up residence in Peel

News from Kernow Matters To Us:

Abigail's words have spread across social media and have captured the spirit of the crowds and atmosphere during the Man Engine tour. 

News from the Celtic League:

Andrey A Pritsepov, Consul General of the Russian Federation for Scotland, has held a reception for veterans of Arctic Convoys which supplied Russia in WW 2

Mr Pritsepov said:

"Russia is indebted to the brave Scottish men who risked their lives in dangerous conditions to deliver vital aid and equipment to the eastern front.

"It was a journey against all odds. Many have never returned. Their sacrifice and heroism comprise a proud chapter in our shared history.

News from the Celtic League:

There is controversy surrounding Gaelic education however on this occasion the rancour is caused because of the popularity of Gaelic Language education and the need to expand accommodation for it (see link):

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/…/demand-for-gaelic-cons…/

News from the Celtic League:

An interesting story here from the Irish Times about a link up between the prestigious US University of Notre Dame and the West of Ireland.

The University has opened a campus at Kylemore Abbey in Connemara which is situated on Kylemore Lough near on the edge of the Connemara National Park on the Letterfrack to Leenaun Road (link):

http://www.irishtimes.com/…/university-of-notre-dame-opens-…

New from the Celtic League:

Canadian broadcaster CBC has revealed that the Canadian Federal government is backing efforts to get the remains of two Indigenous people taken from a Newfoundland gravesite in 1828 that are now at a museum in Scotland.

Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly has taken the unusual step of notifying the director of National Museums Scotland that Canada will make a formal demand.

News from Kernow Matters To Us:

The Bishop of Exeter, Rt Revd Robert Atwell arrived in traditional style in Penryn today, Saturday 27th August, 2016, on the occasion of the commemoration of the 1549 Cornish Holocaust.

News from Kernow Matters To Us:

‘Poldark’ in the 21st Century

How art mimics the real life of Cornwall today

by Orlando Kimber, businessman and consultant

The TV series ‘Poldark’ which returns on September 4th, tells the story of a heroic figure fighting the forces of greedy land-grabbers who care nothing for the community of country folk. This same battle is being fought today by a group of 71 town and parish councils under the banner of Cornwall for Change (C4C).