Celtic Recipes

Isle of Man General Election 2021: Government ministers ousted by voters

Alastair Kneale's picture
Submitted by Alastair Kneale on September 24, 2021 - 10:39am

The Manx General Election was held in the Isle of Man (Manx: Mannin) yesterday on 23 September 2021. The election is for members of the 'House of Keys' (MHK’s), which is the directly elected lower house of Tynwald (Manx: Tinvaal), the parliament of the Isle of Man. The Manx-language name of the House of Keys is 'Yn Kiare as Feed' meaning 'The Four and Twenty', as the House has 24 members. Most elected members do not represent a political party and stand as independents.

‘The financial impact of tourism in Cornwall: an assessment’ - discussing the findings and revelations made by Dr Bernard Deacon

Submitted by Kernow Matters to Us on September 19, 2021 - 11:53am

‘The financial impact of tourism in Cornwall: an assessment’

We are very pleased to enclose a link to a short on line paper prepared by that great Cornish academic, Doctor Bernard Deacon, who has, with others, been taking an objective look at some of the wilder claims made by those who financially benefit from tourism in Cornwall. 

As we all know, these claims are often picked up and run in the mainstream media who accept such assertions without proper investigation.

Memorial Chapel Built to Commemorate Deliberate Flooding of Welsh Village Reopens

Submitted by Mair Williams on September 17, 2021 - 9:26am

In 1965 a memorial chapel was built as a memorial to the drowned Welsh speaking village of Capel Celyn. Capel is Welsh for chapel, while celyn is Welsh for holly. The memorial chapel is now reopening after having conservation work undertaken. The work was carried out by Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water and began in July 2020. Capel Celyn was located to the north west of Bala in Gwynedd, in the Afon Tryweryn valley in the north of Wales.

Plan for Bridge Between north-east of Ireland and Scotland Scrapped

Alastair Kneale's picture
Submitted by Alastair Kneale on September 16, 2021 - 10:34am

It has been reported in the Financial Times on Monday that the much derided idea of building a bridge between the north-east of Ireland and Scotland have been scrapped. The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had promoted the idea which had various estimates of cost varying from a minimum of £15 billion to £33 billion. The feasibility of the controversial idea had also been questioned with warnings about the depth of the Irish Sea and the presence of dumped munitions which would cause problems for any crossing.

Project in Dundee Reveals How Scottish Landscape Transformed by Last Ice Age

Submitted by Douglas MacQueen on September 15, 2021 - 2:02pm

In the history of the Earth there have been at least five significant ice ages. Approximately twelve epochs of glacial expansion have occurred in the past one million years. The last ice age known as the Last Glacial Period (LGP) ended about 20,000 years ago. Glaciers extended over much of northern Europe and covered many of what we now call the Celtic nations.

Scotland's Huntly Castle and the Sinister Events After the Death of George Gordon 5th Earl of Huntly

Submitted by Douglas MacQueen on August 30, 2021 - 6:54pm

Huntly Castle is a ruined castle and ancestral home of the chief of Clan Gordon. It is located to the northeast of the market town of Huntley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Srath Bhalgaidh or Hunndaidh, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain, Alba). The L-plan castle has a five storey tower and attached great hall and is built on the site of an earlier motte fortress, the mound of which can still be seen. The surviving remains on the site enable the story of the development of the castle to be traced, from the motte and bailey of the 1100s, through to the tower house of the later Middle Ages, then on to the stately stone palace of the Jacobean era.

Cornwall's cycling team speeds to victory!

Submitted by Kernow Matters to Us on August 30, 2021 - 2:37pm

TOM MAZZONE SPRINTS TO SAINT PIRAN'S FIRST UNION CYCLISTE INTERNATIONALE (UCI) VICTORY

It was a big day in northern France as Saint Piran took their first win as a UCI Continental team.

And, coming a week to the day before the start of the Tour of Britain, the timing couldn’t have been better.

Stephen Bradbury, Ross Holland, Steve Lampier, Tom Mazzone, Ollie Maxwell and Jenson Young were among the 106 starters lining up for the 179km UCI (1.2) Grand Prix de la Somme

‘Fairy Well’ and and the Captured Scottish Piper

Submitted by Douglas MacQueen on August 24, 2021 - 7:15pm

The handsome drover, 1904–1904 painting by Heywood Hardy ((25 November 1842 – 20 January 1933)

In local folklore throughout the Celtic lands there are many stories of the little people, wee folk or fairies. They are often associated with particular locations and there are many 'fairy hills', 'fairy mounds', 'fairy glens', 'fairy wells' and 'fairy bridges'. One such place is the Fairy Well in the Parish of Logie. It is sometimes known as the Highlander’s Well and located not far from the base of Dumyat (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Mhèad) which is a hill at the western end of the Ochil Hills (Scottish Gaelic: Monadh Ochail) in central Scotland.

Highland drovers would sometimes stop here to allow their cattle to drink on the way to market. Local folklore has it that one of the wee folk (fairy) called Blue Jacket used to guard the well. One summer's day a Highland drover and piper from the Braes of Rannoch came to the Fairy Well with his Highland cattle. He fell asleep beside the Well only to be awoken shortly after by Blue Jacket. The fairy asked where he had come from and the drover told him Rannoch Moor. Blue Jacket then informed him that he was the guardian of the spring he had drunk from.

Scottish National Party and Scottish Greens seal power-sharing deal

Submitted by Douglas MacQueen on August 20, 2021 - 6:57pm

The Scottish National Party (SNP) and Scottish Greens have published details of their new power sharing agreement. The co-operation arrangement states that the two political parties will work together to provide "effective and responsible leadership for Scotland for this session of the Scottish Parliament, in the interests of Scotland, of the people who live in Scotland, and of future generations".

Proposal to Increase Government Services in Scots Gaelic

Emmett McIntyre's picture
Submitted by Emmett McIntyre on August 18, 2021 - 3:38pm

The Scottish Government have announced an ambitious plan to utilize the state bureaucracy to support Scots Gaelic. Under proposals, every directorate at the government will be involved in increasing the use of Gaelic in the organisation.

Pages