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Now in its seventh year, Kernow In The City celebrated St. Piran’s Day in London with two Cornwall-themed events attended by over 600 people.

A lost Scottish settlement, believed to have been founded 1,000 years ago is revealing its hidden secrets. The remains of four medieval structures, thought to be from the 10th or 11th centuries have been uncovered.  Hundreds of rare objects including coins, pistol shot, gaming pieces as well as fragments of glazed pottery and clay smoking pipes dating from the 14th to the 17th centuries, have been found on the site where the village of Cadzow in South Lanarkshire (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas) once stood. 

The International Celtic Congress (Breton: Ar C'hendalc'h Keltiek, Cornish: An Guntelles Keltek, Manx: Yn Cohaglym Celtiagh, Scottish Gaelic: A' Chòmhdhail Cheilteach, Irish: An Chomhdháil Cheilteach, Welsh: Y Gyngres Geltaidd) is a cultural organisation that seeks to promote the culture, ideals, and languages of the Celtic peoples of Ireland/Éire, Scotland/Alba, Wales/Cymru, Brittany/Breizh, Cornwall/Kernow and the Isle of Man/Mannin.

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You couldn’t make this lunacy up. Apparently some people are disappointed that the Lt Governor is being sworn in at the courts of Justice in Douglas instead of in Castletown.

Seriously are we all expected to whip ourselves into lather over this? I would suggest most people could not give a darn where the Governor is sworn in or for that matter whether he is sworn in at all.

Even IOM Today if they are honest would admit its just filling a hole in their news coverage:

NEWS FROM THE MANNIN BRANCH CELTIC LEAGUE

THE IMPOSING FAÇADE BEHIND WHICH THE CRA COOK UP SLEAZY DEALS!

An email arrived today from our contact at CBC with a link to the latest report by the Canadian broadcasters investigation team into the ‘offshore tax sham’ involving wealthy KPMG clients dodging Canadian tax by using tax plans in the Isle of Man.

Here’s the link;

http://www.cbc.ca/…/canada-revenue-kpmg-secret-amnesty-1.34…

Dr. Alasdair Allan (Scotland's Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland's Languages) has opened a dedicated Gaelic school in the Scottish Highlands. In his remarks Allan pointed to the students who graduate from Gaelic schools as a future reservoir to meet the Gaelic Medium teacher shortage. The shortage of teachers qualified to serve in Gaelic Medium schools now plaguing Scotland is a sure sign of the revitalization of the Celtic tongue. The newly opened school where the Minister addressed his remarks is located near Fort William at the head of Loch Linnhe.

News From Kernow Matters To Us

To cheers and huge applause in Truro on St. Piran's Day and subsequently much shared on social media drawing widespread support, here are the words of Cornwall's Grand Bard:

’The Cornish are an open-hearted people, but we will not be taken for granted. It’s now almost two years since we gained recognition of our National Minority status and we must continue to consolidate and assert this identity.

News From Kernow Matters To Us

St Piran's Day is becoming a huge celebration in Cornwall and this year, the annual Feast Day fell on the day itself, Saturday the 5th March, 2016.

Originally the patron of tinners, Piran has now become widely accepted as the National Saint of Cornwall and his black flag with a white cross is widely seen even now outside of official government offices in the Duchy.

Enormous numbers took to the streets of Cornwall but the Cornish diaspora worldwide also joined in the event.

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE

Chief Minister Allan Bell MHK has been wittering on about how well we are all doing earnings wise. Strangely his homily on our wonderful earnings level coincides with detail supplied to me on the pay of Deemsters (IOM Judges) which reveals the following:

1st Deemster; £177,988
2nd Deemster £164,639
Deemster £132,184
High Bailiff £116,644
Deputy HB £113.342

Strangely we seem to have some of the best paid – if not THE best paid Judiciary IN THE WORLD by a long shot.