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This Saturday (January 17th) the 10th Arrane son Mannin competition will be held at the Douglas Freemasons' Hall as part of a concert and ceili starting at 7.30pm. This will not only celebrate 10 years of Arrane son Mannin but also 40 years of the Manx dance group Bock Yuan Fannee. The song competition is held annually to find a winning new song for a prize sponsored by Culture Vannin and also to perform that winning song at the 44th Pan-Celtic Festival at Derry on April 9th in Easter week 2015.

The Manx Language Christmas Service will be held at St Olaves Church, Ramsey Sunday 4th Jan 2015 starting at 3pm. All welcome

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Song of the Celts - Wolf Tones

A researcher from the United States has praised language "warriors" in the Isle of Man for the work undertaken to promote Manx Gaelic. Lecturer Dr David Harrison travels to remote corners of the globe to help revive endangered native languages.

According to a recently published United Nations study there is an 80 per cent probability that by 2100 the world population will increase from 7.2 billion to between 9.6 and 12.3 billion. A considerable amount of this increase is expected to take place in Africa, with two billion babies being born during the next 35 years, doubling the continent's population. The British Isles has also seen an increase in population. The south-east of England has witnessed the consequences of such population growth.

Some news of coming Gaelic events on Mannin supplied by Adrian Cain Manx Language Development Officer Culture Vannin:

It’s the Bunscoill (Manx-language primary school) Christmas Service tomorrow night (Wednesday, 3rd) and all are welcome. The service starts at

Laa-ruggyree sonney, Radio Vannin!

'The Nations Broadcaster celebrated its 50th anniversary earlier this week. Report from Radio Vannin (Manx Radio):

Jelune, haghyr y mullagh jeh jannoo ardeailley jeh'n jeihoo chione-bleeaney as daeed jeh Radio Vannin.

Coraaghyn caarjoil as cooinaghtyn ennoil orroo veih'n lieh-cheead blein hie shaghey, haink ad ry-cheilley feiy'n laa marish ny toyrtee t'ain nish.

Jedoonee, v'eh dy jeeragh lieh-cheead blein neayr's ren Radio Vannin creeley hoshiaght.

The UrbanKelt Sunday Pan-Celtic Sessions - Sunday Nov 30th 8.00 - 11pm (free entry). An open session for Celtic musicians from the Celtic nations. For anyone with an interest in enjoying Celtic music and dance or just wants to enjoy the atmosphere. Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Manx, Cornish, Breton, Galician, Asturian musicians at The Harrison 28 Harrison Street, Kings Cross, London WC1h 8JF

The new First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, has made her first visit to the Isle of Man (Mannin). She was taking part in the British Irish Council Summit being held in Douglas this morning (Fri 28th). The British-Irish Council was established as part of the multi-party agreement reached in Belfast on 10 April 1998. The Celtic nations that are included in the membership of the Council at this stage are Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man and Scotland.

So they think it is a great thing to have posted pictures of mass murder (they call it beheading)! These grinning idiots who have perpetrated these crimes are very warped and evil people. Our sympathy goes out to the families and friends of those murdered today by ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant). Our sympathy also goes out to the minority peoples across Syria and Iraq suffering mass extermination at the hands of this disgusting cult.