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There was understandably a big media focus on the destruction of the Welsh speaking community in the Tryweryn Valley to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the flooding of the valley to provide a reservoir for Liverpool. (see links):

https://www.celticleague.net/…/cymru-destruction-of-capel-…/

One of the highlights of the festive season is the much anticipated Mollag Ghennal, an evening of entertainment featuring a selection of some of the Island's best known Manx traditional singers and musicians.

Organised by the Mollag Band, it's a great opportunity to relax between cooking the Christmas turkey and celebrating the New Year and meet up with old friends.

Shifting sand dunes have uncovered a major new Bronze Age settlement in Orkney. Archaeologists from the University of the Highlands and Islands made the discovery on Sanday, a small island to the north of the Orkney mainland. Stone walls belonging to 14 houses have been found, which experts now believe could be one of the largest Bronze Age settlements ever found in Scotland. However, the 4000-year-old complex is threatened by coastal erosion and work is underway to find out as much as possible before it is destroyed.

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE

You may have forgotten the MV Parida (pictured below) we haven’t!

It was a Danish registered ro-ro cargo vessel on passage from Scrabster in Scotland to Antwerp, Belgium carrying nuclear waste when it caught fire in October 2014.

We raised the accident at the time with UK and Danish authorities. We also drew the attention of the International Atomic Energy Agency to the incident.

Now the nuclear material on board was ‘low grade’ but nonetheless it was nuclear material.

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE

The weather must have been a lot kinder to drains in the 1940s when they started casting around to find a location to site a nuclear experimental facility which would grow and grow (like topsy) until it turned into the monster site we know as Sellafield.

The planet earth is in a parlous state. Many people know and even experience the damaging effects of climate change every day through unpredictable and severe weather events and the destruction of the very lands in which they live. It strikes a particularly deep chord for Celtic peoples and those of Celtic descent. Because our landscape, seas and geographic location has played a pivotal role in our history, beliefs and recognition of ourselves.

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE

“the greatest political con trick since King John of England tried a similar stunt in 1215 that ended up with Magna Carta”

News From The Celtic League

The fact that a UK ‘National’ newspaper woke up to the fact that the Crown Dependencies exist was exercising the media today.

Jersey it seems is going down the toilet fast and there is a far chance the Isle of Man will follow. Of course people from the business community will be wheeled out to say that we have ‘strengths’ that Jersey does not have. Politicians will say we have been diversifying the economy for years etc.

If you're a local songwriter and fancy a new challenge, then why not have a go at writing an original song in Manx Gaelic for the annual Arrane son Mannin Competition?

With a chance to win £300 in prize money (sponsored by Culture Vannin), this is a great opportunity for a group to fly the Manx flag at the Pan Celtic Song Contest in Carlow, Ireland, next year as representatives of the Isle of Man.

Local performers have been consistently in the top three (including first place) of the competition in recent years, which is held as part of the Pan Celtic Festival.

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A 4-week £4,000 crowd-funding initiative is being led by author Bob Stimpson and the US and Manx descendants of William Kennish. Running until 28th December, raising funds to place a memorial in New York made from Manx Granite, the initiative has been endorsed by Hon Clare Christian MLC, President of Tynwald, the Isle of Man government.