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The 6th Annual Saint Augustine Celtic Music and Heritage Festival is to be held at the city’s Francis Field on March 11th through March 13th.

News From Kernow Matters To Us

The BBC One Show of 19th February, 2016 with coverage of Tintagel Castle - the full story!

'LEGEND SWAMPING CORNISH HISTORY'

'CARVING JUST THE START'

(BBC iPlayer 2:16 onwards refers: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b070j6rd/the-one-show-19022016)

Tintagel Castle is administered by 'English' Heritage (EH) for Duke Charles, Duke of Cornwall.

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE

Many sources have shown the importance of the natural world to the Celts, for example in the following on the Transceltic website:

http://www.transceltic.com/pan-celtic/swan-celtic-mythology

http://www.transceltic.com/…/ravens-celtic-and-norse-mythol…

Press Release from Yn Chruinnaght:

Gig Passes go on sale for Island’s biggest Celtic festival

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE

Major BBC Alba TV Six Part Series on - An Aghaidh an t-Srutha/Celtic Radicals

The successive episodes will cover the history of Celtic radicalism from a Scottish perspective and from the episode guide below seems pretty wide ranging in content.

It starts on BBC ALBA on Tues 23 Feb at 11pm

Episode titles:

The struggle for civil/social rights of Gaelic communities.

Land struggles in Scotland and Ireland, and the Easter Rising.

Land stuggles and Highland history after the Battle of Culloden.

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE

The foundering of large oil tankers and the immense damage that this causes to the marine environment has not led to lessons being learned according to a BBC news report (link):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-35563031

The report highlights specifically the withdrawal of Emergency Towing Cover (ETV) which was put in place following disasters such as the Sea Empress (off Wales) and the Braer (off Shetland).

Nearly 100 medieval skeletons have been found by archaeologists during renovations to Aberdeen Art Gallery. Dating back to the 13th century archaeologists believe the discovery is evidence of the location of the Dominican Black Friars Abbey, founded between 1222 and 1249. The Art Gallery is built on the site of the old friary.

In response to the relentless wind and rain of the past few months, supporters of St James Church, Dalby, came out in force to join the annual snowdrop walk, followed by afternoon tea.

Meeting at Dalby House, by kind permission of Mrs Clarke, visitors were invited to stroll amongst the garden, where a plethora of snowdrops basked in the glory of praise and endearment.

News From Kernow Matters To Us:

Hundreds of Cornish people condemn 'English' Heritage as news of desecration spreads across social media and the wider internet! 

Action by 'English' Heritage condemned as far afield as Australia by Australian Cornish diaspora who describe this as 'official vandalism'!

Cornwall's name was first recorded in a place-name, Durocornouio, 'fortress of the Cornish', around 400 AD, nearly 500 years before the name England was first recorded as 'Englaland' and the English people arrived.

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE

This week my outside left column in the Manx Independent deals with the campaign by the Celtic League over the environmental impact etc of look-out towers used by the British military in South Armagh, the campaign arose from the general monitoring of military activity and impact in all the Celtic countries including Brittany.

A very substantial quantity of files on this is deposited and accessible at the Manx Museum Library (MNH) and also at the National Library of Wales.