Celtic Recipes

Isle of Man: Arrane son Mannin Provides Manx Song for Pan Celtic Festival

Submitted by Valerie Caine on January 20, 2020 - 12:45pm

The Arrane son Mannin (Song for Mann) competition is an opportunity for the performance of new and original music written in Manx Gaelic, with the winner representing the Isle of Man at the annual Pan Celtic Festival in Carlow, Ireland, later this year.

Held in the Masonic Hall in Peel, judges at the event were challenged to find the best, original song composed in the Island's native tongue, which will go forward in competition with others from neighbouring Celtic nations, vying to clinch the top position in the festival's International Song Contest.

Isle of Man: Oie'll Verree Celebrated in Kirk Michael

Submitted by Valerie Caine on January 17, 2020 - 10:36pm

The annual Oie'll Verree, now a concert-based form of entertainment, was once a celebration centred against a more religious backdrop, and has been the subject of much transformation over the years.

Many of the outlying districts have abandoned this special celebration, but in Kirk Michael it's a much anticipated part of the calendar. Held in the local Ebenezer Hall, it's a great opportunity for the audience to enjoy a host of entertainment in a provincial setting.

Isle of Man: Annual Hunt the Wren Performed in Torrential Rain

Submitted by Valerie Caine on January 16, 2020 - 9:19pm

When St Stephen's Day dawned, it was with trepidation that we opened our curtains to the sight of torrential rain, but this didn't deter many of those heading out to Hunt the Wren across the Island.

It's a long-held tradition, not unrecognisable in other Celtic nations, although thankfully the death of a bird is no longer obligatory, and distribution of its feathers for luck has been superseded by coloured ribbons.

Increased Funding for Gaelic Medium Education in Glasgow to Meet Growing Demand

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Submitted by Emmett McIntyre on January 16, 2020 - 8:13pm

The Scottish Government is to provide £2 million of capital support towards a fourth Gaelic primary school in Glasgow to meet growing demand, Deputy First Minister John Swinney recently announced.

Celtic Connections Festival 2020 gets underway in Glasgow

Submitted by Douglas MacQueen on January 16, 2020 - 3:13pm

The Celtic Connections festival starts today, 16th January, in Glasgow, Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu, Alba). The Festival began in 1994 in Glasgow and has since been held annually every January. Celtic Connections celebrates Celtic music and its connections to cultures across the globe. It is on from 16 January – 2 February 2020, when 2,100 musicians from around the world will descend on Glasgow and for 18 days there will be concerts, ceilidhs, talks, art exhibitions, workshops, and free events.

Cardigan decision to investigate power from River Teifi again raises issue of harnessing tidal energy from Welsh coast.

Submitted by Mair Williams on January 14, 2020 - 1:54pm

The River Teifi (Welsh: Afon Teifi) in Wales (Cymru) is nearly 73 miles (117km) long. Its source is Llyn Teifi which is the biggest of the famous Teifi Pools found north east of Tregaron in the county of Ceredigion. The countryside here is known for its beauty and the River Teifi flows through some stunning and unspoilt countryside. The river eventually reaches the Irish Sea at Cardigan Bay (Welsh: Bae Ceredigion). The Welsh name for the town of Cardigan, Aberteifi,refers to its position by the mouth (aber) of the River Teifi. 

Come Out Ye Black And Tans by the Wolfe Tones

Submitted by Eibhlin O'Neill on January 11, 2020 - 10:00pm

The Irish song Come Out Ye Black And Tans by the Wolfe Tones has topped the iTunes charts in the UK and Ireland, following the condemnation of a planned commemoration of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and the Dublin Metropolitan Police. The present Irish Government deferred the event that was to take place to acknowledge the role of the RIC and DMP in Irish history. The event has been widely criticised by the public and politicians.

Weeping ghost of Ardvreck Castle, Loch Assynt, once betrothed to the Devil

Submitted by Douglas MacQueen on January 11, 2020 - 5:34pm

Ardvreck Castle

There is an air of mystery about Loch Assynt (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Asaint) in Sutherland, Scotland. A freshwater loch, it lies in a spectacularly beautiful setting surrounded by the mountains in the area of Assynt. Noted for its wonderful landscape its has, along with neighbouring Coigach, been designated as the Assynt-Coigach National Scenic Area (NSA). NSA's are areas in Scotland identified for their exceptional scenery with a conservation designation that protects them from inappropriate development. Loch Assynt is beautiful and takes its mood from the many changes in weather conditions that take place in this part of Scotland. Sometimes the water is still, calm and like a mirror, reflecting the magnificent surrounding snow capped mountains. At times the waters are whipped up by the winds that sweep down the hillsides. At its most mysterious it is shrouded by a mist that swirls over the flat surface of the Loch. Where every sound; some that can be identified and others that can't, echo around the water's edge. It is the type of setting that is ripe for stimulating the imagination.

Evidence of possible unknown ice age found in Scotland

Submitted by Douglas MacQueen on January 9, 2020 - 8:48pm

The planet on which we live, Earth, is the third planet from the sun. It was formed about 4.5 billion years ago. Earth is the only place in the known universe confirmed to host life and is the fifth largest planet in our solar system. The history of Earth includes several major ice ages, an ice age being a long period of reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.

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