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BRETAGNE REUNIE QUIMPER-CORNOUAILLE 

COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE                                       Quimper / Kemper, le 3 décembre 2018 

OBJET : DENI DE DEMOCRATIE

Après l'immense succès de la collecte des 100 000 signatures de Bretagne Réunie demandant l'organisation d'une consultation des habitants de Loire-Atlantique sur la réunification de la Bretagne, collecte à laquelle notre Comité de Kemper a participé, le Conseil départemental de Loire-Atlantique doit se prononcer sur l’organisation de cette consultation. 

Coastguard rescue teams from Kilchoan (Cille Chòmhain), Tobermory (Tobar Mhoire) and Salen (An t-Sàilein) in the west of Scotland swung into action yesterday when a farmer reported that his working sheep dog Meg had become stranded on a cliff on Ardnamurchan Point. Ardnamurchan (Àird nam Murchan) is a 50-square-mile (130 km2) peninsula. Meg was 20ft down the cliff face on the south side of Ardnamurchan. The rescuers were assisted by the Tobermory Lifeboat.

Annual calendars come in many forms, but there's something a little different in the offing for next year with the release of the Manx Traditions Calendar for 2019 with all proceeds awarded to the Island based charity Crossroads Care.

Designed and created by local artist and ceramist Felicity Wood, her designs are based on a number of Manx traditions throughout the year and her love of Celtic knot work, which she has developed into a modern style.

St. Andrew's Day (Scottish Gaelic: Là Naomh Aindrea) is Scotland's official national day celebrated on 30th November. St Andrew has been the patron saint of Scotland from at least the mid tenth century and legend says long before. He was born in the village of Bethsaida on the Sea of Galilee in the early 1st century and is the brother of St Peter. According to the Gospel of St John, Andrew was a follower of the preacher John the Baptist and then became a disciple of Jesus who he recognised as the Messiah. The name Andrew is Greek in origin.

Those who treated themselves to Maria Darnoult's debut novel, Face The Music, will be delighted to know that the sequel, Crescendo, is now available.

Maria's latest book continues to follow the love story of William Waverley and Hannah Corlett which scandalised the inhabitants of Castletown at the turn of the twentieth century. William, an aging widower, headmaster, church organist, choir master and pillar of local society, raised more than a few eyebrows in the ancient capital when he fell under the spell of a shop girl almost thirty years his junior.

It seems that there is a likelihood that the draft withdrawal agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom will be defeated by a majority vote in the House of Commons (the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom). There are seven elected Sinn Féin (the Irish republican political party) members of the House of Commons from constituencies in the Six Counties in the north of Ireland. Quite rightly, Sinn Féin has always contested general elections in the north of Ireland on the basis of abstentionism.

This year's Manx language festival Cooish kicked off with the annual Ned Maddrell Lecture given by the Irish Gaelic academic Tadhg Joseph Ó Ceallaigh, a lecturer in Limerick who explored language education.

He was speaking about the different methods used to teach Irish and how this was integrated into the education system, but revealed he was impressed with the work undertaken on the Island which has revitalised the Manx language.

Viking invasions brought cheer to Aberdeen last weekend. Maybe it was not always so, but this time around there were smiles all around. The Vikings were from Sandwick in Shetland. Shetland is where the annual fire festival of Up Helly Aa is held to celebrate the islands Norse heritage. They came to Aberdeen where crowds welcomed the Up Helly Aa crew with loud cheers. They took part in the parade, which this year had the theme of “fire and ice”, to switch on the Christmas lights.

Islanders in Orkney have been awarded £260,000 to purchase more than 1,700 acres of peatland and pasture. The Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre Development Trust (REWDT) have welcomed the funding which they say will allow it to employ a project officer and ranger. They also hope to promote tourism on the island of Rousay and encourage people to make the island their home, which at present has 216 residents. The name of Rousay is derived from the Old Norse word Hrólfsey meaning Rolf's Island.

Media release from Culture Vannin:

Manx Words: a new resource for learners of Manx

Culture Vannin is pleased to announce the release of a new publication for learners of Manx.

Entitled Manx Phrases this new resource is a fantastic addition to the growing material available for both learners and speakers of the language.