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From The Celtic Language News:

Since its inception in 1996, Mooinjer Veggey (Little People) has been successfully promoting Manx Gaelic, through its network of pre-school groups across the Island and its support of the only Manx language school - Bunscoill Ghaelgagh. But it now needs your help to raise more money to enable the organisation to fund its goal of training further staff and production of Manx resource material.

The Office of the Irish Language Commissioner (An Coimisinéir Teanga) has charged the Kerry County Council with failure to take action to protect Gaelic in the Kerry Gaeltacht from the ill effects of property development. The Council failed to ensure compliance with statute attached to planning permission for a housing development in the West Kerry Gaeltacht. Dingle is the largest town in the area.

Historians, Archeologists and Scientists have teamed up under the aegis of the European Research Council to work on the Food Cult Project. Hosted by the Trinity College Dublin School of Histories and Humanities, the objective is to figure out what was on the table in Donegal, Mayo and Galway in 1635.

The National Assembly for Wales will now be known as the Senedd Cymru. The name change enjoys approximately 75% popular support.

The legislation to change the name of the Assembly for Wales to the Senedd Cymru was passed by the Welsh Parliament  in November 2019 and received  Royal Assent in January

The 60 members of the Senedd Cymru will now be known as Members of the Senedd (MS) or Aelod o’r Senedd (AS) in Welsh.

To the southwest of the Ulster city of Derry in County of Donegal, near the town of Raphoe, is a Neolithic Celtic monument known as the Beltany Stone Circle.  The Beltany Stone Circle is estimated to have been constructed approximately 5000 years ago based on recent archeological research funded by the Irish Heritage Council.  Dating Beltany from about 3000 BC makes this monument older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids (some published sources conversely date the construction of the stone circle at between 1300 and 800 BC).

There has been a surge in interest in Scots Gaelic in recent years and observers are pointing to a tipping point having been reached. Interest in Gaelic is increasing at the same time polling shows renewed support for Scottish Independence.

“Sabhal Mòr Ostaig is one of the key partners in fulfilling the government’s objectives in the National Gaelic Plan, which aims to increase the number of people speaking the language and accelerate the growth of Gaelic. “ – The National

The Gaelic League (Conradh na Gaelige) is the main voluntary community organisation that promotes the Irish language in Ireland and abroad. The League’s primary objective is the reinstatement of the Irish language as the common tongue of Ireland.  Since its founding in 1893, members have been actively promoting Irish in every aspect of life in Ireland, from legal and educational affairs to the development of media and services through Irish.  Members of the Gaelic League are in the forefront of campaigns to strengthen the rights of the Irish speaking community.

The National, the newspaper that bills itself "The Newspaper that Supports an Independent Scotland",recently fearured an article by Professor Alan Riach. Dr. Riach, a Professor of Scottish Literature at Glasgow University, has written an article that surveys over the centuries Scottish lieterary works that have focused on the Celtic Otherworld. 

The website Irish Tech News has an idea that will fill your days of isolation and "Breathe New Life Into Gaelic":