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Galway City in the west of Ireland has declared itself to be a bi-lingual city giving equal status to Irish alongside English.  Ironic that the City Council is making the effort considering Irish is already the official language of Ireland.

Cape Breton’s Celtic Music Interpretive Centre and the Celtic Colours International Festival are sponsoring a mentoring program that will ensure the passing of Cape Breton’s Gaelic tongue and rich Celtic musical traditions from one generation to the next. Each student will receive instructions in subjects that include Gaelic Language, Fiddle, Pipes and Scottish Step Dancing.  The Mission Statement of the Celtic Music Interpretive Centre is to “Collect, Preserve and Promote the traditions of the Celtic Music of Cape Breton Island through Education, Research and Performance”.   

In its 39th year the Central Florida Highland Games is an impressive event. The popularity of the Festival has fueled year to year growth in attendance. Event organizers estimate that 25,000 attended the two day festival in 2015. 

Message From Kernow Matters To You:

Scottish nationalists have extended the hand of friendship to fellow Cornish patriots.

Members of the Scottish National Party (SNP) have indicated they anticipate with pleasure hearing the case for Cornish autonomy or indeed independence in Parliament.

The remarks by Calum Kerr MP (SNP) the member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, came during a Westminster Hall debate on farming led by Derek Thomas MP for St. Ives in Kernow .

Located in Southwest Donegal in the heart of the Donegal Gaeltacht, the village of Gleann Cholm Cille (pictured below) is home to Oideas Gael. Oideas Gael is an Irish-language learning Centre dedicated to the Irish language and culture.  Promoting Gaelic culture and the Celtic tongue of Ireland since 1984, over the past 30 years thousands of participants have enjoyed the varied language and cultural courses at Oideas Gael.

"We are glad that the Welsh language will be a consideration when it comes to housing developments and planning the future of Welsh communities. Cymdeithas yr Iaith has been campaigning for over a quarter century for a new planning system that give the Welsh language status." – Welsh Language Society

Addressing Scotland's Parliament today, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: “We will use the powers we have as a government to the full. Of course, I believe today as strongly as I ever have that independence is the best future for our country. That’s why in the months to come we will also lead a renewed debate about how the enduring principle of that case, that decisions about Scotland are best taken by people who live here, is relevant to, demanded by, the circumstances of the world we live in today.

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE

I bet Canadian citizens will not have been raising a glass over the festive season to the good news that John Aspden has acquired himself a New Years honour courtesy of ‘Elizabrit’ Windsor.

John of course is the former Chief Executive of the Isle of Man Financial Supervision Commission (FSC) and was in post at the FSC when all that ‘tax planning’ was being undertaken several years ago on behalf of Canadian clients by KPMG Canada. The Canadian Revenue authorities allege this cost Canada many millions in lost revenue.

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE

“With the economy still growing, unemployment low, our international reputation heightened and public finances on track to be rebalanced, the island is in a better position than Allan Bell envisaged when he first became Chief Minister.”

So it all seems fine then our growing economy must have made us better of. Yet most people you meet say they are or feel worse of!

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE

Remember David Cameron proving his green credentials by having a ‘photo op’ driving a sledge pulled by huskies in the Arctic some years ago.

Well the good news is that ‘Dave’ is still green!

As of today the United Kingdom government start a process which will create a marine reserve as large as the United Kingdom and whilst its goods news the downside is it will not be in waters close to home.