Celtic Recipes

Devolution for Cornwall

Submitted by Kernow Matters to Us on February 6, 2018 - 6:11pm

Devolution for Cornwall

Following a number of enquiries, Cornwall Council's information on devolution to Cornwall can be found here:

Selina Cooper – Cornish suffragette, first woman to represent the independent Labour Party, pacifist and rights campaigner

Submitted by Kernow Matters to Us on February 6, 2018 - 6:07pm

Selina Cooper was born in Callington, Cornwall in 1864, the daughter of Charles Combe and Jane Combe. Selina's father was a labourer and died of typhoid fever when she was 12 whilst he was working away from home. Her mother was left penniless, and as there was little work in Cornwall she decided to take her two youngest children, Selina and Alfred, north with her, to get work in the textiles mills. Her two elder sons, Richard and Charles, were already there. She settled in Barnoldswick in 1876.

Cornish Tick Box On Census Form

Submitted by Kernow Matters to Us on February 6, 2018 - 6:02pm

CORNISH TICK BOX ON CENSUS FORM

Cornwall Council, Mebyon Kernow - the Party for Cornwall and now, Derek Thomas Conservative MP for St Ives (& West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly!) are rightly calling for a Cornish tick box on the next census form! 

This will then further comply with the incorporation of the Cornish people into the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.

Do tick the box to say YES on Derek Thomas's website and if you are able, his Facebook site and let's drive the message home!

Isle of Man: Eminent Feminist Dr Helen Pankhurst Encourages Islanders to Pull Together in Memory of Manx Pioneer

Submitted by Valerie Caine on February 6, 2018 - 3:58pm

Continuing an historical, family legacy can be viewed by those lingering around the outside of the circle as labouring, challenging, or even unnecessary, but Dr Helen Pankhurst carries her public mantle with a quiet, but dignified determination.

Isle of Man: Manx Family Links Emmeline Pankhurst to the Isle of Man

Submitted by Valerie Caine on February 6, 2018 - 3:53pm

With the commemoration of women in Britain securing the vote dominating news coverage today, it's also an opportunity to explore the lives of the women who fought for democracy, but a Manx link with the powerful Emmeline Pankhurst may hold the key to her personal vision for women's suffrage.

Island Fisheries Bill stresses value of traditional fishing to small communities in Ireland

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Submitted by Alastair Kneale on February 6, 2018 - 1:47pm

This article in Yn Commeeys Celtiagh - Celtic League Mannin highlights the continuing importance of traditional fishing to island and coastal communities in Ireland. Something that is under threat by EU Fisheries policy and the catastrophic impact and environmental damage caused by the overfishing of giant Super Trawlers:

IRELAND: ISLAND FISHERIES BILL STRESSES VALUE OF TRADITIONAL FISHERIES TO SMALL COMMUNITIES

Statue of ruthless English coloniser removed in Canada

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Submitted by Alastair Kneale on February 6, 2018 - 11:48am

There are monuments, statues and place names throughout the Celtic lands honouring foreign rulers and colonisers. Many of them paying homage to those who are despised by the indigenous peoples whose lands they helped colonise or those used as symbols of the colonising force. Some have been removed officially and some unofficially. One such case that comes to mind was the statue of Horatio Nelson, built in the centre of what was then Sackville Street (later renamed O'Connell Street) in Dublin, Ireland.

The Celtic Feast of Imbolg February 1st

Submitted by Eibhlin O'Neill on February 1, 2018 - 8:15pm

Imbolg, observed on the first day of February, is the second of the four ancient yearly Celtic Festivals, representing the advent of the traditional agricultural year. There are four great Feast Days of the Celtic Year:

Samhain - the Celtic New Year (Halloween) celebrated on November 1st

Imbolg - the Feast of the Goddess Brigit on February 1st

Beltane – festival honouring the beginning of summer

Lughnasadh - the harvest festival and last feast day in the year which falls on August 1st

A new year and a new location for Kan Rag Kernow (Song for Cornwall)

Submitted by Kernow Matters to Us on February 1, 2018 - 7:31pm

A new year and a new location for Kan Rag Kernow (Song for Cornwall)

The event was held at the Hotel Lowenac in Camborne for the first time and the move was a success with an excellent atmosphere on the evening.

Four groups took part in the competition – unfortunately a fifth could not make it – the Aggie Boys’ Choir.

Anniversary of Scotland to Ireland ferry disaster

Submitted by Douglas MacQueen on January 31, 2018 - 9:14pm

On this day 31st January 1953 the coasts of northern Europe were facing one of the worst gales in living memory. It was on the morning of this day that a car ferry, The Princess Victoria, set out from Stranraer (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sròn Reamhar) on the south-west coast of Scotland at 07.45 AM on a journey to Larne (Irish: Latharna) in the north-east of Ireland.

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