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Isle of Man: Manx Groups Celebrate the 49th Edition of Lorient Interceltique Festival

Submitted by Valerie Caine on August 6, 2019 - 5:26pm

The forty ninth edition of the Lorient Interceltique Festival will this year focus on celebrating the region of Galicia, recognised for its language, culture and traditions, with a strong Manx contingent alongside during the ten day event.

Majority of Scottish voters now back independent Scotland and want another independence referendum

Submitted by Douglas MacQueen on August 5, 2019 - 12:45pm

A major new poll has revealed that Scottish voters would back independence and they want another referendum on the issue in the next two years. The Ashcroft poll finds that excluding those who said they did not know or would not vote, that 52% to 48% would vote for an independent Scotland. Such a result in another independence referendum would mark the biggest shock to the United Kingdom since Irish independence a century ago. At the present time the "so called" United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland includes England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Time to bury nuclear power not just nuclear waste

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Submitted by Alastair Kneale on August 4, 2019 - 9:32pm

Mannin (Isle of Man) Branch of the Celtic League recently had an item reporting on an article in the investigative news site 'The Ferret' about the dangers posed by ageing nuclear reactors (see below). Some of which are located within Celtic nations or close to them, such as those on the Irish Sea coastline. The danger posed by nuclear power though is not just posed by another potential disastrous Chernobyl type accident, and as the Celtic League report points out this is a real possibility.

Ronaldsway helped train pilots from two other States involved in war crimes against Yemen

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Submitted by Bernard Moffatt on August 3, 2019 - 12:11pm

News from the Celtic League:
Celtic League have received a reply from the MOD (RAF) to our query about the extent of training for foreign pilots at RAF Valley. The issue is focus and led to a question in the Manx Parliament Tynwald about the use of the Manx Civil Airport at Ronaldsway under an agreement with RAF Valley for training of aircrew.

The Manx Chief Minister originally told the Celtic League that they could not identify if foreign aircrew used the facility under the agreement which he bizarrely asserted assisted the training of Manx Air Traffic Controllers.

Discovery of ancient remains of Celtic woman in 'Tree Coffin' in Switzerland reminds us of when Celts held sway across Europe and beyond.

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Submitted by Alastair Kneale on August 3, 2019 - 12:15am

In 2017 the ancient remains of a Celtic woman buried in a coffin made from a hollowed out tree was discovered in Zurich, Switzerland. It is thought that she died about 2,200 years ago. Dressed in fine clothes and adorned with jewellery, it is clear she was someone of high standing. Since the discovery  work has been undertaken by the city of Zurich's archaeology department to discover more about this Iron Age Celtic woman's life in 200 BC.

Cornish Culture and Language - Gorsedh Kernow Awards 2019

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Submitted by Emmett McIntyre on August 2, 2019 - 4:23pm

Gorsedh Kernow - the Gorsedh of the Bards of Cornwall - exists to maintain the national Celtic spirit of Cornwall. The tradition of preserving Celtic history and culture through poetry, song, dance, music, art and spoken word stretches back to the story tellers – the Bards of ancient Celtic countries. The bards of Gorsedh Kernow, who have each sworn allegiance to Cornwall as a Celtic nation, help maintain the national Celtic spirit of Cornwall by studying their own Cornish history and the Cornish language and literature, art, music, dance and sport.

Success as vulnerable Arctic Tern chicks raised on Dalkey Island

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Submitted by Alastair Kneale on August 1, 2019 - 8:46pm

News from Celtic League:

Dalkey Island in Ireland is an uninhabited island located c. 16 km (9.9 mi) south of Dublin and 3 km (1.9 mi) south of Dún Laoghaire harbour. This item from the Celtic League (below) following an article in Green News, reports on some success in the fortunes for the Arctic Tern in its Celtic breeding grounds. With its long tail streamers and general shape the Arctic tern is often known as the 'sea swallow'. 

 'TRIUMPH OF THE TERN’ - A GOOD NEWS STORY

Hebrides Haven for Basking Sharks Proposed

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Submitted by Bernard Moffatt on July 31, 2019 - 11:18am

News from the Celtic League:

There are ambitious plans out for consultation aimed at providing four new Marine Protected Areas off the Hebrides and in NE Scotland.

The largest Sea of the Hebrides site is especially important in providing a secure area for Basking Sharks, Minke Whales and other species.

Detail here with an opportunity to contribute your views:

https://www.baskingsharkmpa.co.uk/

Images: Proposed Marine Protected Areas

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Celtic League

Isle of Man: Gordie MacKeeman and His Rhythm Boys Bring Craic to the Isle of Man

Submitted by Valerie Caine on July 30, 2019 - 11:12pm

Hailing from Prince Edward Island, the smallest province of Canada, Gordie MacKeeman and His Rhythm Boys have just finished their latest UK tour and appeared for the second time at the Centenary Centre in Peel, where a packed auditorium tapped their feet in unison with the unmistakable vitality of fiddle player and dancer Gordie MacKeeman.

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