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Celtic League AGM focuses on lost treasures

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Submitted by Alastair Kneale on August 2, 2017 - 12:47am

YN COMMMEEYS CELTIAGH - CELTIC NEWS MANNIN

AGM FOCUSES ON LOST TREASURES

The ‘meat and drink’ of any Celtic League AGM are the reports and resolutions but the meeting does also focus on general issues and this year these included the upgrading of our MAIN webpages and the often overlooked lost ‘Celtic Treasures issue’.

Heritage Kernow - COUNCIL TOLD - BUT WILL THEY LISTEN?

Submitted by Kernow Matters to Us on August 1, 2017 - 11:05pm

Kernow

29th VII 2017

Today (28th July, 2017) was a meeting of “Heritage Kernow” the latest iteration of a long line of different forums, advisory groups, and similar heritage groupings to link Cornwall Council with the huge number of voluntary sector groups that work on aspects of Cornwall's heritage and also the amenity providers such as the National Trust.

Isle of Man: Celtfest Makes a Successful Debut

Submitted by Valerie Caine on July 31, 2017 - 9:52pm

In an effort to introduce Manx and Celtic culture to a wider audience, the much-loved Yn Chruinnaght Inter-Celtic Festival has been given a make-over, but still remains largely based in Peel.

Mean-spirited colonial action by UK against islanders condemned

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Submitted by Alastair Kneale on July 31, 2017 - 12:18pm

This article comes from Yn Commmeeeys Celtiagh - Celtic News Mannin. It highlights the support given to the people of the Chagos Islands in a resolution passed at this years Celtic League AGM held on 29 and 30 July 2017:

'Mean-Spirited Colonial Action By UK Against Islanders Condemned'

The Celtic League Annual General Meeting 2017

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Submitted by Alastair Kneale on July 31, 2017 - 12:54am

A successful Annual General Meeting of the Celtic League was held on the Isle of Man over the last two days. Once the meeting had concluded on 30th July, delegates took the opportunity to go to the village of Cregneash. They were given a very interesting talk by Fiona McArdle on the visit to the Isle of Man by Irish politician and statesman Éamon de Valera 70 years ago. After his time on the Island he instigated a visit by the Irish Folklore Commission. Their work in recording native Manx Gaelic speakers helped preserve and promote Manx.

Scotland celebrated at the Interceltic Festival of Lorient in Brittany 4 - 13 August 2017

Submitted by Dominique Corolleur on July 28, 2017 - 12:58pm

The Interceltic Festial of Lorient in Brittany celebrates the culture, music and dance of all of the Celtic nations. Each year a particular nation is honoured and this year it will be Scotland. The festival takes place from the 4th - 13th August and more information can be seen on the Interceltic Festival website.

Archaeologists battle against time to uncover hidden truth on Scottish island of Rousay in Orkney

Submitted by Douglas MacQueen on July 28, 2017 - 2:05am

Orkney (Scottish Gaelic: Arcaibh), is an archipelago situated off the north coast of Scotland. Orkney comprises of approximately 70 islands, 20 of which are inhabited. The islands have been inhabited for over 8500 years. Originally occupied by Mesolithic and Neolithic people and then by their descendants the Picts. Orkney was settled by the Norse and came under the control of Norway in 875 before being annexed by the Kingdom of Scotland in 1472. 

Spectacular cold water reefs discovered off Ireland's west coast

Submitted by Eibhlin O'Neill on July 27, 2017 - 2:40pm

Ireland’s seabed territory is one of the largest in Europe, and more than 10 times Ireland’s land mass. Porcupine Bank is an area of the Irish shelf, on the fringes of the Atlantic Ocean approximately 120miles (200 kilometres) west of Ireland. A recent expedition of Irish waters by the Marine Institute have discovered cold water coral reefs at previously unexplored depths along the Porcupine Bank.

Shell pull out of Mayo

Submitted by Eibhlin O'Neill on July 26, 2017 - 3:58pm

As reported by Celtic News Mannin - Yn Commmeeys Celtiagh:

Shell pull out of Mayo

“It tore the heart out of a community. There was heavy handed policing and brutality towards protesters. Men who had never put a foot wrong in their life were jailed. The military were deployed to obstruct protest. Fishermen’s livelihoods and in some instances their boats were destroyed. There were hunger strikes.

No it wasn’t in some despotic Middle East State or some South American ‘banana republic’ it was Ireland over the last decade.

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