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NEWS FROM THE MANNIN BRANCH CELTIC LEAGUE

I reported in some detail last year on our cooperation with New York Times journalist Ian Urbina who wrote (and continues) his award winning exposé of life at sea and the exploitation of mariners and fishermen.

There is more evidence closer to home of attempts to replace indigenous crews on British merchant vessels with cheaper labour from third world countries.

See the two attached article links below:

News From Kernow Matters To Us 

There'll be Manx music both at home and away later this month, as the festival season gets into full swing, with opportunity to enjoy contributions from many of our Celtic neighbours.

In November of 2015 Transceltic reported on the pettiness of London’s cut in funding for Scots Gaelic broadcasting. The British Government’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, had announced a 100% cut in funding for Gaelic language television in Scotland. At the time the web page “Herald Scotland” commented: “Those of a cynical disposition may suppose that the No vote in the (Scottish Independence) referendum may have played a part in this decision – perhaps there is now less need to keep Scottish voters “on side”.

News From Kernow Matters To Us

With three members of 'Kernow Matters To Us' (KMTU) due to meet senior representatives of English Heritage next Tuesday 22nd March, 2016, and with the news that English Heritage (EH) are building many more attractions at Tintagel castle including a romantic 'Tristan and Iseult Love Trail' coupled with 'Easter Bunny Rabbit Hunts', the matter has now made the Guardian of London. 

News From Kernow Matters To Us

An idea to record basic introductory lessons in the Cornish language as podcasts has proven to be an internet hit.

Cornish language teacher and Bard of the Cornish Gorseth, Clive Baker came up with the idea recently and with four half hour sessions recorded already, the lessons have been widely circulated around the internet and are already receiving over a thousand visits each.

At the western end of the mountain range of the Grampians (Scottish Gaelic: Am Monadh) stands the highest mountain in Scotland and the British Isles. Ben Nevis (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Nibheis) is visited by many thousands of people each year who enjoy outstanding views and the breathtaking beauty of the surrounding glens. Guide books for Ben Nevis will inform you that the mountain stands at 4,409 feet (1,344 metres) above sea level.

An exhibition, entitled A Brief Flowering, will be held at Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw from 20 March until 15 May 2016. It features the work of John Cyrlas Williams (1902-1965) who was once tipped as one of Wales’ most promising young painters. The son of a collier, he was born into a Welsh mining community in the United States. His father went on to become a mine owner, and the family moved to Porthcawl on the south coast of Wales.

As reported in the Irish Times 'From Montserrat to Perth: national day celebrated around world' . The paper gives a selection of 14 parades being held internationally. Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festival of Patrick"), is held on 17 March. Saint Patrick (c. AD 385–461), is the patron saint of Ireland.

NEWS FROM THE MANNIN BRANCH CELTIC LEAGUE

Events just seem to derail Allan Bell (Chief Minister) and COMIN (Council of Ministers Proceedings) in their attempts to tell us that the Island is on the verge of a GREAT LEAP FORWARD akin to the move by Mao back in the 1960s to rescue the failing Chinese economy.