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News From BreizhEire:

Demat d'an holl/ bonjour à tous / 

dia dhaoibh uilig / Hi everybody, 

Dear Friends, Breton and Brittany lovers, 

REDADEG 2016 IN BRITTANY

It is a run where runners pass on the baton at every kilometres for 1700 kms, 8 days and through 300 towns. This represents the passing of the breton language. The funds that are collected will be used to fund Diwañ schools projects and other projects related to Breton (creches with breton immersion, plays, films, libraries, publications...). 

News From Breizh Amerika:

Breizh Amerika and the Interceltique Festival of Lorient

It's official! Breizh Amerika and Interceltique Festival of Lorient are partners !!!

News From The Celtic League:

It’s quite obvious from the reaction that we have had that a lot of people take exception to having to fund the wages, household not to mention the food and drinks bill of the Lt Governor.

News From he Celtic League:

Even as the fishing community were sitting down yesterday evening in Burtonport, Donegal, to see a premiere showing of the film ‘Atlantic’ made by Irish documentary film maker Risteard Ó Domhnaill the problem the film highlights was being exacerbated.

In the film, which focuses on not just Ireland but also Norway and Newfoundland, Irish fishermen speak about the dearth of fishing stocks caused by the rapacious activities of factory trawlers of their coast.

News from The Celtic League:

Irish documentary film maker Risteard Ó Domhnaill who became famous for his film ‘The Pipe’ which documented the struggle of the people of North Mayo against the decision to site a gas refinery onshore in the area has produced another groundbreaking film.

‘Atlantic’ charts the impact on fishing communities along Ireland’s west coast (and further afield) of the devastating fishing practices carried out by so called super-trawlers.

News From The Celtic League:

It seems that the United Kingdom may be casting its eyes from the North Sea into the near Atlantic in search of oil and minerals to exploit if this story from today’s NATIONAL newspaper is anything to by:

http://www.thenational.scot/…/aberdeen-university-gets-gran…

New From The Celtic League:

I was interested to have contact with and get information from campaigners in Wales concerned about nerve gas stored following WW2 at a quarry earmarked for a hydro-electric plant.

Their Freedom of Information request over possible contamination at the Glyn Rhonwy site near Llanberis was refused by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), who stated that:

“release of the information would enable ill-disposed persons or organisations to act against the national interest, and that therefore on balance the information should be withheld”.

News from the Celtic League:

With much of Irelands 1916 commemorations focusing on the political and military not to mention a degree of controversial revisionism which has caused anger it was interesting to stumble across this article in the Irish Times that looked at the life of Easter Rising leader Padraig Pearse from a different perspective.

The article is entitled ‘Patrick Pearse: Nature lover and warmonger’ so initially I thought ‘not more revisionism’ but when I read the article I was pleasantly surprised.

News from Kernow Matters To Us:

Some members of Kernow Matters To Us (KMTU) spent a very pleasant time in Tresillian recently.

With most of our team members being involved with the various events at Camborne's Trevithick Day, a group gathered at the Wheel Inn, Tresillian Bridge just outside of Truro, Cornwall on Saturday 30th April, 2016 in order to commemorate the Peace Treaty of Tresillian Bridge, Cornwall which occurred on 12th March 1646, just over 370 years ago.

News from An Conradh Ceilteach (Irish Branch of The Celtic League)

Bhí an seomra in Ionad an Phiarsaigh lán go doras aréir le chaint Lyn Ebenezer ar Frongoch agus tús an IRA a chloisteáil. Buíochas le Lyn agus na Breathnaigh ó S4C a thaisteail transa. Beidh clár faisnéise faoin gcomóradh, an chaint agus saol Lyn á thaispeáint ar S4C i Mí Meán Fómhair. Idir an dá linn beidh baill an Conradh Ceiltigh ag tabhairt cuairt ar Frongoch ar an 11ú Meitheamh.