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Celtic League have received a reply from the MOD (RAF) to our query about the extent of training for foreign pilots at RAF Valley. The issue is focus and led to a question in the Manx Parliament Tynwald about the use of the Manx Civil Airport at Ronaldsway under an agreement with RAF Valley for training of aircrew.

The Manx Chief Minister originally told the Celtic League that they could not identify if foreign aircrew used the facility under the agreement which he bizarrely asserted assisted the training of Manx Air Traffic Controllers.

In 2017 the ancient remains of a Celtic woman buried in a coffin made from a hollowed out tree was discovered in Zurich, Switzerland. It is thought that she died about 2,200 years ago. Dressed in fine clothes and adorned with jewellery, it is clear she was someone of high standing. Since the discovery  work has been undertaken by the city of Zurich's archaeology department to discover more about this Iron Age Celtic woman's life in 200 BC.

Gorsedh Kernow - the Gorsedh of the Bards of Cornwall - exists to maintain the national Celtic spirit of Cornwall. The tradition of preserving Celtic history and culture through poetry, song, dance, music, art and spoken word stretches back to the story tellers – the Bards of ancient Celtic countries. The bards of Gorsedh Kernow, who have each sworn allegiance to Cornwall as a Celtic nation, help maintain the national Celtic spirit of Cornwall by studying their own Cornish history and the Cornish language and literature, art, music, dance and sport.

News from Celtic League:

Dalkey Island in Ireland is an uninhabited island located c. 16 km (9.9 mi) south of Dublin and 3 km (1.9 mi) south of Dún Laoghaire harbour. This item from the Celtic League (below) following an article in Green News, reports on some success in the fortunes for the Arctic Tern in its Celtic breeding grounds. With its long tail streamers and general shape the Arctic tern is often known as the 'sea swallow'. 

 'TRIUMPH OF THE TERN’ - A GOOD NEWS STORY

News from the Celtic League:

News from the Celtic League:

There are ambitious plans out for consultation aimed at providing four new Marine Protected Areas off the Hebrides and in NE Scotland.

The largest Sea of the Hebrides site is especially important in providing a secure area for Basking Sharks, Minke Whales and other species.

Detail here with an opportunity to contribute your views:

https://www.baskingsharkmpa.co.uk/

Images: Proposed Marine Protected Areas

Bernard Moffatt
Celtic League

Hailing from Prince Edward Island, the smallest province of Canada, Gordie MacKeeman and His Rhythm Boys have just finished their latest UK tour and appeared for the second time at the Centenary Centre in Peel, where a packed auditorium tapped their feet in unison with the unmistakable vitality of fiddle player and dancer Gordie MacKeeman.

In July 2016 we reported on the then latest salvo in the battle between language activists and Dublin’s malevolent attitude towards Gaelic. Ireland’s President Michael Higgins had condemned the failure of the government to honor its responsibility to the Irish language.  In an address to a group of language activists in Dublin, Higgins questioned the goodwill of the Irish Government and lashed out at its failure to meet the increased demand for for Gaelic Medium Secondary education.

In many countries throughout the world, wherever there are Scottish connections, Highland Games take place. There are about 100 Highland Games in Scotland between May and September every year. Most recently, on 28th July, a successful St Andrews Highland Games was held. This was the Scottish town of St Andrews (Scottish Gaelic: Cill Rìmhinn) 35th games, but the history of such events in Scotland go back much further. The story of the Scottish Highland Games date back many centuries. 

News release from Cornish Solidarity:

The entire Langarth saga was encapsulated in a remark made by a former Cornwall Council CEO to BBC Radio Cornwall that ‘’The Developers Own Us’’.

 Many Cornish people openly speak of the developer involved in Langarth as being ‘’dodgy’’ given that the developers track record thus far has done nothing to dispel that perception.