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Gool Peran Lowen dheugh why oll! - Happy St Piran's Feast Day to you all!

(We at KMTU also say, don't forget question 10 - Country of birth - tick 'elsewhere' - write in 'Cornwall' ! Let's send out a clear message!) - now that media release......

Media Release from Cornwall Council:

Spread the word this St Piran’s Day that the Cornish can identify as Cornish on the 2021 Census

Thursday, March 04 2021

On this day, 4th March in 1824 William Hillary’s vision for a service dedicated to saving lives at sea became a reality. Initially known as the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, its name subsequently changed to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). Motivated by the selfless aim to save lives, it has saved some 140,000 lives since its foundation, at a cost of more than 600 lives lost in service.

Saint Piran’s Day is celebrated each year on 5th March as the national day of Cornwall.

Saint Piran, or ‘Perran’ as he is also known, is famed for his mythical discovery of the precious metal tin.

Saint Piran is the patron saint of tin-miners and Saint Piran’s Day was originally observed as a ‘tinner’s holiday’ by the numerous tin-miners of Cornwall.

Whilst other Cornish saints have been feted as ‘the patron saint of Cornwall’, Saint Piran is most commonly associated with this accolade and the flag of Saint Piran is now also recognised as the Cornish flag.

Rodney's Stone is a two-metre (6.56 ft) high Pictish cross slab. It is now located close on the approach way to Brodie Castle, near Forres, Moray, Scotland. (Scottish Gaelic: Farrais, Moireibh, Alba). It was discovered in the late 18th Century during excavations for the foundation of the new parish church at Dyke.  The church, built in 1781, stands on the site of an earlier mediaeval church. 

Last June members of the Scottish Parliament (MSP; Scottish Gaelic: Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, BPA) voted to ban the unlicensed culling of mountain hares and to make them a protected species. The new law came into force today March 1st 2021 and forms part of the new Animals and Wildlife Bill. The measure was proposed and campaigned for by Scottish Green MSP Alison Johnstone and gives greater protection for mountain hares.  Mountain hares are Scotland's only native hare, where they could have existed since the last ice age.

St David is the Patron Saint of Wales and March 1st is St David's Day. The first of March is recognised as a National Day throughout Wales. It is also a day of celebration for Welsh communities throughout the world and the Welsh flag with Y Ddraig Goch (the Red Dragon) is proudly raised. The flag of Saint David (Baner Dewi Sant) normally a yellow cross on a black field, also plays a central role in the celebrations. The date is tradionally seen as the date that Saint David died in 589.

Bannan is a Gaelic-language television series produced by Young Films and first broadcast in 2014. The long-running Gaelic drama is broadcast by BBC Alba. BBC Alba is a Scottish Gaelic-language free-to-air television channel jointly owned by the BBC and MG Alba, which is the operating name of the Gaelic Media Service (Scottish Gaelic: Seirbheis nam Meadhanan Gàidhlig). The drama has English subtitles when aired on BBC Alba (the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland).

A local community is making a bid to buy the remotest mainland pub in Scotland. It is located in the village of Inverie (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Aoidh) which is on the north side of Loch Nevis (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Nibheis). The Highland village is set in spectacular and beautiful scenery on the Knoydart (Scottish Gaelic: Cnòideart) peninsula in Lochaber. The pub is The Old Forge. Inverie is not connected to the rest of the national road network and can only be reached by a 18-mile (29-kilometre) hike or by a regular 7 mi (11 km) ferry from the port of Mallaig in Lochaber. 

Scotland's first ever Golden Eagle Festival will be held in Moffat (Scottish Gaelic: Mofad) between 19 and 26 September 2021. Moffat is located in the Dumfries and Galloway (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) area in Scotland. The Moffat Hills cover some 300 square kilometres of hills, noted for their outstanding scenery and rich wildlife. In the past it was home to a number of Golden Eagles, but as the result of deliberate persecution and land use changes their numbers declined to critical levels.

Following four weeks since the commencement of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca Covid vaccine programme in Scotland. Research led by Public Health Scotland found hospital admissions were reduced by 85% and 94% for the Pfizer and AstraZeneca jabs respectively. Although initial results indicate that the AstraZeneca vaccine is more effective, both have been found to have a significant impact in the reduction of a person’s risk of hospital admission