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Recently Transceltic published an article on the history of the founding of Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and its founder William Hillary (4 January 1771 – 5 January 1847). The bravery of the volunteer crew of lifeboats can never be underestimated. Motivated by the selfless aim to save lives, the RNLI has saved some 140,000 lives since its foundation, at a cost of more than 600 lives lost in service.

There was an interesting news item on BBC Northern Ireland recently. Under the headline "Finn's Law: Search dog Max saves lives; who protects his?" The article focused on a four year old Labrador called Max, a rescue dog who finds missing people across the north of Ireland. Max lives in Bangor, County Down, (Irish: Beannchar, Contae an Dúin) and is a highly trained air scenting search dog. Max recently located a vulnerable woman who had been missing for almost two days in freezing conditions.

Standing next to the famous Isle of Man TT motorcycle road-racing circuit is a stone cairn. It is to the west of North Barrule (Manx: Baarool Twoaie) which is the second highest peak in the Isle of Man (Manx: Mannin) at 1,854 ft (565 metres). This cairn is a memorial to the 1930's Scottish motorcycling legend Jimmie Guthrie. He was six times Isle of Man TT winner. When looking north from this beautiful location the valley of Gen Auldyn stretches below towards the northern Manx plain. The most northerly point on the Island is the Point of Ayre (Manx: Kione ny h-Ayrey).

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Over the years in the Scottish coastal town of Stonehaven (Scottish Gaelic: Cala na Creige) in Aberdeenshire, a number of unsigned metal sculptures have appeared. Placed around the Bay they include a seal, Viking boat, two fishing boats, lighthouse and sea creatures. Local people have appreciated the works of art and at the same time have respected the artist's decision to remain anonymous. Now the mystery artist has revealed his identity and has spoken to BBC Scotland's arts programme Loop.

The Isle of Man (Manx: Mannin) were crowned winners of the Netball Europe Open Championship 2019 on 12th May. Manx Netball (Manx: Lieen Vluckan Mannin) secured the title after a victory over the Republic of Ireland by 57-45. The victory of the Manx nation's netball team means the Island will obtain their first world ranking in June. The European association (Netball Europe) was originally established in 1989/90 from a development within the International Netball Federation (INF) which created five regions: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.

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The article below from the Celtic League points to the environmental pollution caused by large cruise ships. This comes at a time when some in the Celtic nations are promoting the economic benefits in terms of increased tourism that these visiting ships could bring. However, it would come at a price:

‘FLOATING MONSTERS’ HOW APT!

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Leonardo da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519), was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. He died on this day five hundred years ago.