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With the imminent handover of St Patrick's Church, Jurby, to The Friends of Jurby Church, a recent exhibition at the venue highlighted the ecclesiastical building's long and varied history.

A prominent feature of the northern plain, the building is an important aspect of parish life, which is reflected in the work done by Sandra Kerrison for the publication Isle of Man History at Jurby Church.

News from the Mannin Branch of the Celtic League:

A Manx government Minister has said the post BREXIT all options including independence should be considered.

Phillip Gawne MHK (Transport Minister) said:

‘We will have to start thinking the unthinkable. We need to consider all the options now including breaking link with what’s left of the UK!’

News from the Celtic League:

This morning Nicola Sturgeon was laying out her response to the Brexit result and indicating that Scotland will very likely seek to hold a further independence referendum albeit the pace will be measured(link);

http://www.bbc.co.uk/…/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-366210…

However it is clear that as well as SNP and other independence supporters others were being motivated by the LEAVE decision.

News from the Celtic League:

Sinn Fein leader Martin McGuinness has called for a referendum on Irish reunification stressing the implications for the Brexit vote on new border controls.

Although Arlene Foster Stormont's First Minister has insisted Northern Ireland's place in the Brexiting UK is safe.

Martin McGuinness, the Sinn Fein leader and Deputy First Minister believes Irish people should be given a chance to vote on their future, saying there was a 'democratic imperative' to allow people to vote on reunification.

Manx Gaelic vocalist, Ruth Keggin, will be sharing her success in the music industry with the launch of her second album, Turrys (Journey) as part of two concerts this weekend.

Following on from her critically acclaimed debut, solo album Sheear (Westward) in 2014, Ruth has performed live sessions on both BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio Scotland, as well as at the British Museum in London and at high profile festivals such as Glasgow based Celtic Connections and the European favourite, Festival Interceltique de Lorient in Brittany.

Congratulations to Republic of Ireland, who beat Italy 1 - 0 at the Euro Championship in France last night. Robbie Brady guided a perfect Wes Hoolahan ball into the back of the net with only six mintes of the game remaining. Previous results also mean, that despite last nights loss, Italy are also through to the last 16 teams. Ireland will take on hosts France in Lyon next as we move on to the knock-out phase of this competition. Wales have also qualified into the next round.

News from Mannin Branch of the Celtic League:

Only weeks after the Fukushima disaster in Japan the British nuclear industry said it had learned lessons.

Well we learned something new this week and that was that the operators of the stricken Japanese plant were less than frank about the nature of the disaster and this week they had to apologise for the ‘cover-up’ (see link):

News from the Celtic League:

The ruling this week by France's top judicial court the Court of Cassation has confirmed a decision to close the case of a French trawler that sunk over a decade ago off the Cornish coast, killing all five members on board.

The Bugaled Breizh a well equipped and competently crewed vessel capsized suddenly and sank 14 miles off the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall in January 2004.

Family members and supporter suspect a submarine taking part in a NATO exercise at the time caused the vessel to founder.

News From Cutlure Vannin:

Press Release: New Manx Language on-line course launched

Culture Vannin is pleased to announce the launch of a new on-line language course for beginner learners of Manx. The new course has been produced in conjunction with the highly successful on-line course provider Say Something in Welsh (SSIW) and initially consists of 18, 30 minute lessons or word games that provide a remarkable introduction to learning the language.

News From Adrian Cain, Manx Language Development Officer for Culture Vannin:

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Given that there is so much going on this Saturday I thought we’d turn it into an impromptu Manx Language Day.

Start the day at 10.30am with an advanced Manx Language Class at the House of Manannan in Peel. Follow this by enrolling for the Manx buddy system with Pobble which is going very well. (See information on Pobble buddy system below).