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News from Kernow Matters To Us:

'Kernow Matters To Us' (KMTU) utterly condemns the United Kingdom Government for failing to return £150,000 of Cornwall raised taxation in order to support the Cornish language.

It is possible that this move may be in contravention of the spirit of the Charter for Regional and Minority Languages in 2003 and the recognition of the Cornish people as a national minority in April 2014 and their incorporation into the Framework Convention for National Minorities.

News From Kernow Matters To Us:

The Grand Bard of Cornwall has criticised English Heritage and government organisations during his Proclamation speech in St Keverne this morning.

Dr. Merv Davey, Telynor an Weryn, Grand Bard of Cornwall criticised government departments and public bodies for failing to take into account Cornwall's views on Cornish heritage.

We are pleased to have been copied in on the full speech and our organisation 'Kernow Matters To Us' agrees wholeheartedly with the words of Grand Bard.

News From The Celtic League:

There’s understandable celebration in Ireland at present of the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising and the stand that patriotic Celts took against the power of the British State.

However this year also marks the 80th anniversary of an equally courageous stance taken in another Celtic country. It was a stance which was markedly different from the armed conflict in Ireland and which as waged by a very small but unique group of individuals and pacifists.

News From Kernow Matters To Us:

A short paper written by one of our members as part of a greater dissertation has been published on Facebook and has received over 2,000 visits and 'thumbs up' and nearly 50 'shares' in under an hour!

A matter of great irritation if not insult for many Cornish people, the 'C' word has even inspired a poem!

The “C” word :

News From The Mannin Branch Celtic League:

One of a group of Welsh Nationalists who tried to stop construction of the Tryweryn Dam over fifty years ago by blowing up infrastructure at the construction site has written a book. Their attempt to stop the work was unsuccessful and the controversial dam opened in 1965.

News From Kernow Matters To Us 

News From Kernow Matters To Us

With three members of 'Kernow Matters To Us' (KMTU) due to meet senior representatives of English Heritage next Tuesday 22nd March, 2016, and with the news that English Heritage (EH) are building many more attractions at Tintagel castle including a romantic 'Tristan and Iseult Love Trail' coupled with 'Easter Bunny Rabbit Hunts', the matter has now made the Guardian of London. 

News From Kernow Matters To Us

An idea to record basic introductory lessons in the Cornish language as podcasts has proven to be an internet hit.

Cornish language teacher and Bard of the Cornish Gorseth, Clive Baker came up with the idea recently and with four half hour sessions recorded already, the lessons have been widely circulated around the internet and are already receiving over a thousand visits each.

An exhibition, entitled A Brief Flowering, will be held at Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw from 20 March until 15 May 2016. It features the work of John Cyrlas Williams (1902-1965) who was once tipped as one of Wales’ most promising young painters. The son of a collier, he was born into a Welsh mining community in the United States. His father went on to become a mine owner, and the family moved to Porthcawl on the south coast of Wales.

News From Kernow Matters To Us:

Now in its seventh year, Kernow In The City celebrated St. Piran’s Day in London with two Cornwall-themed events attended by over 600 people.