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Manx win European netball gold medal

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Submitted by Alastair Kneale on May 14, 2019 - 11:16am

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.

Monster cruise ships that pollute the seas

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Submitted by Alastair Kneale on May 14, 2019 - 1:44am

News from the Celtic League:

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!

Leonardo da Vinci died on this date 500 years ago, what would he have thought of the world today?

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Submitted by Alastair Kneale on May 2, 2019 - 1:31pm

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.

Stephen Miller gives London lecture on: The Gill Brothers and their Collecting of Folk Songs from the Isle of Man

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Submitted by Alastair Kneale on April 23, 2019 - 11:05am

Last week Stephen Miller gave a lecture to a well attended meeting at Cecil Sharpe House in London, home of the Folk Dance and Song Society. He was drawing attention to the remarkable work of the Gill Brothers. The Gill brothers, W.H. Gill (1839–1923) and Deemster J.F. Gill (1842–99) have remained marginalised and neglected figures in the collecting of Manx folk song, overshadowed by A.W.

Manx Wildlife Week 4 - 12 May 2019

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Submitted by Alastair Kneale on April 19, 2019 - 1:09pm

Manx Wildlife Week  runs from 4th May until 12th May 2019. The Isle of Man (Manx: Mannin) is rich in wildlife. The aim is to promote and encourage people to learn and appreciate the Island's natural environment. Now, more than ever, the natural world is under increasing threat from pollution, climate change, over-fishing and the vandalism and loss of wildlife habitat being perpetrated by the relaxation of planning controls. Manx Wildlife Week is one way to promote environmental protection and build a society where nature matters.

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