Celtic Recipes

'PONCHO MAMGU'

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Submitted by Bernard Moffatt on January 26, 2020 - 1:22pm

Link here to a trailer and also the full Welsh documentary ‘Poncho Mamgu’. It's a drama documentary (with subtitles) about the life of Elen Davies first as a child in Patagonia and later as a young woman in Wales.

It tells the story of the hardship faced by the early Welsh settlers in the Chubut Valley area of Argentina. The Death of her mother and the friendship and sympathy shown to her by the indigenous Indian people of the area.

Was The Island 'A Satellite of Russia?'

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Submitted by Bernard Moffatt on January 26, 2020 - 1:20pm

News from the Celtic League:

Back in 1999, an article in the 'New York Times' concluded with this memorable piece:

''The Isle of Man is streets ahead of other jurisdictions in this area,'' said John R. Aspden, head of the island's Financial Supervision Commission. But the entanglement with Russia still rankles. ''Is the Isle of Man a satellite of Russia?'' he said. ''Of course, it's not.''

'The Last Secretary General'

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Submitted by Bernard Moffatt on January 26, 2020 - 1:18pm

News from the Celtic League:

Books I’m trying to divest myself of them - then Paul Moulton at MTTV pops up interviewing Steve Rodan (President of Tynwald) about a bursary for young people to attend the UN in Geneva and of I go - not to Geneva!

On my bookshelf is a tome purchased two decades ago and read by me only once its about Seán Lester, ‘The Last Secretary General’ of the League of Nations, I dig it out.

English controlled media squeal in indignation at Gaelic first decision for Scotland's Western Isles Schools

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Submitted by Alastair Kneale on January 25, 2020 - 1:38pm

Predictably much of the English press and their servile followers have been squealing with indignation at the decision for children starting school in the Western Isles to be taught in Gaelic, unless their parents opt-out. Until now parents had to opt in to Gaelic-medium education (GME) on the islands, where lessons in English was the default. The truth is that the history of English rule in the Celtic lands has always had the design to make the Celtic people less Celtic. Part of this process has been their centuries old policies of destroying the language.

Celtic River Goddess Weaves Her Magic Over The River Severn

Submitted by Mair Williams on January 23, 2020 - 2:53pm

The Second Severn Crossing (Welsh: Ail Groesfan Hafren) is a road  bridge over the River Severn (Welsh: Afon Hafren)  which rises between England and Wales. The bridge marks the lower limit of the River Severn and the start of the Severn Estuary. It flows into the Bristol Channel and then into the Celtic Sea and the wider Atlantic Ocean. The name Severn is thought to derive from a Celtic original name (Welsh: Hafren; Old Welsh: Habren). Habren was a Celtic Princess and the name was later Latinized into the name Sabrina.

Celebrating Robert Burns National Poet of Scotland 25th January

Submitted by Douglas MacQueen on January 23, 2020 - 12:52pm

Robert Burns was born in the scottish village of  Alloway (Scottish Gaelic Allmhaigh) on January 25, 1759. The eldest of the seven children of  William Burnes (1721–1784), a tenant farmer from Dunnottar in the Mearns, and Agnes Broun (1732–1820), the daughter of a Kirkoswald tenant farmer. His parents ensured that their son received a relatively good education.  He died at the age of 37 on 21 July 1796 and his Mausoleum is at St Michael’s churchyard in Dumfries (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phris). Throughout his life he was a practising poet and wrote many poems, lyrics and other pieces.

Welsh is Better for You than English

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Submitted by Emmett McIntyre on January 23, 2020 - 1:12am

From Nation Cymru:

We hear a lot about why Welsh should move aside and allow English to take over. But why should it? The Welsh language is vastly superior to English, as we will now demonstrate! And, in fact, we think the English would be much better off cognitively, financially and intellectually if they cast off the yoke of their own dismal tongue and embraced the ancient Celtic language of Britain.

1.) English doesn’t have enough vowels

Welsh Language Activists Protest in Support of Welsh Medium Education

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Submitted by Emmett McIntyre on January 22, 2020 - 2:30pm

" A group of protestors occupied Cardiff Council offices today in a campaign for a Welsh-medium schools at the Plasdŵr development in the capital.The council leader had said in 2018 that a Welsh-medium school would be part of the new seven thousand home development in the north-west of the city.However, the council’s cabinet subsequently decided to consult on a proposal to establish a new bilingual primary school which would mean half the pupils going to an English-medium stream.

Remembering a brave Scottish lifeboat crew who lost their lives 50 years ago

Submitted by Douglas MacQueen on January 21, 2020 - 3:20pm

The bravery of the lifeboat crews who face danger on the seas surrounding the Celtic coasts, or indeed anywhere, to save lives can never be underestimated. Lifeboat crews put their lives at risk in often perilous conditions in their aim to prevent loss of life. Sadly over the years lifeboat crews have lost their lives during acts of outstanding bravery. One such event was on this date, 21st January, in 1970 when five Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) volunteers died in the Fraserburgh lifeboat disaster.

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