Celtic Recipes

Scotland's tourism industry continues to prosper

Submitted by Douglas MacQueen on April 23, 2018 - 1:17pm

Tourism is a continuing success story for the Scottish economy, worth more than £5 billion. Last year record numbers visited and the trend appears set to continue in 2018. A major factor in its popularity is the stress placed on the unique Celtic culture of Scotland. Along with its thousands of historic sites, including prehistoric stone circles, standing stones, burial chambers, and Bronze Age, Iron Age and Stone Age remains.

The Station - let Alone the News - Isn't Always What It Seems

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Submitted by Alastair Kneale on April 22, 2018 - 2:49pm

Yn Commeeys Celtiagh - Celtic League Mannin draws attention to this article about the dodgy dealings of the BBC. The BBC, with its second rate and bias news coverage, actually forces people to pay for its upkeep. The Isle of Man, in particular, should not feel compelled to force its people to pay the BBC Licence fee. The work of the BBC is funded principally by an annual television licence fee costing £150.50  per year. At this time such a licence is required to legally receive broadcast television by all households across the Isle of Man.

Manx Wildlife Week

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Submitted by Alastair Kneale on April 20, 2018 - 8:54pm

News from Manx National Heritage:

Wulver: Shetland's kind and generous werewolf

Submitted by Douglas MacQueen on April 20, 2018 - 2:57pm

Werewolf

Shetland, also known as the Shetland Islands lie some 104 miles (168 km) northeast of Scotland. They form part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east. Humans have lived in Shetland since the Mesolithic period and there are over 5,000 archaeological sites all told. One such at West Voe on the south coast of Mainland, which is the largest island, has been dated to 4320–4030 BC.  During a period of Viking expansion, Shetland was eventually colonised by the Norse during the late 8th and 9th centuries. Norwegian king Harald Hårfagre annexed the Northern Isles (comprising Orkney and Shetland) in 875. Shetland remained under Norwegian influences until Shetland become part of Scotland in the 15th century.

O'Connell Round Tower at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin reopened to the public after almost 50 years

Submitted by Eibhlin O'Neill on April 17, 2018 - 10:10pm

Daniel O'Connell (Irish: Dónall Ó Conaill; 6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847) was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century. He campaigned for Catholic emancipation and repeal of the Acts of Union which combined Great Britain and Ireland. This was established on 1 January 1801 by the Acts of Union 1800, which merged the parliaments of Great Britain and Ireland and incorporated the Kingdom of Ireland into the British Crown. The fight for Irish self-governance was to lead in Ireland seceding from the Union and forming the Irish Free State in 1922.

Gorsedh Kernow Proclamation

Submitted by Kernow Matters to Us on April 17, 2018 - 12:28pm

Gorsedh Kernow Proclamation

The Killacourt, Newquay

Sat 21st April, 2018 11am at the Killacourt

Announcing the forthcoming Gorsedh Kernow ceremony

The bards of Cornwall hold their annual Esedhvos Festival of Cornish Culture in a different Cornish town each time, and this year we’ll be in Newquay.

The Proclamation ceremony presents the formal invitation from the Mayor and townspeople of Newquay to Gorsedh Kernow to hold their Festival and bardic ceremony in the town later in the year.

March and street festival in Dublin celebrates Irish language

Submitted by Eibhlin O'Neill on April 15, 2018 - 10:20pm

Thousands have attended a march and street festival in Dublin on Saturday in celebration of the Irish language. "Beo, Gaelach agus Bródúil" saw Gaeltacht communities, schools, college societies, sports clubs, families and language and community groups taking part.

Legend of Robert the Bruce and the spider

Submitted by Douglas MacQueen on April 13, 2018 - 12:39pm

Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce became King of Scotland in 1306. Revered as a national hero in Scotland he reigned as King of Scots until his death in 1329. Robert led Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England and fought successfully to regain Scotland's place as an independent country.

Fight against extradition from Scotland continues as Spanish charges against Clara Ponsati described as "a grotesque distortion of the truth"

Submitted by Douglas MacQueen on April 13, 2018 - 12:03pm

A two-week hearing is to be held from 30 July over whether a former Catalan minister should be extradited from Scotland to Spain. The date was set after Clara Ponsatí appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court for the latest hearing in her fight against extradition. The Spanish government is seeking her extradition over her involvement in last year's Catalan independence referendum. Clara Ponsati's lawyer has described the Spanish charges against her as "a grotesque distortion of the truth" and "politically motivated" and which would be challenged "robustly".

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