Kernow Matters to Us's blog Saturday 28th April, 2018 will again see thousands flock to Camborne to celebrate Richard Trevithick, that great Cornish engineer so sadly neglected by the British Parliament in 1828, as has been and still is usual in their handling of Cornwall and Cornish matters. But we celebrate despite their governments aim ...
Kernow Matters to Us - Apr 25 2018 - 8:03pm
Bernard Moffatt's blog ‘Our work to end poverty and homelessness in the Isle of Man goes on’. (Chief Minister Howard Quayle MHK 1st February 2019) I eventually get round to reading ‘the great man’s’ (aka Chief Minister Howard Quayle MHK) words in his ‘State ...
Bernard Moffatt - Feb 3 2019 - 5:05pm
Emmett McIntyre's blog Canadian media report that Randy Delorey, minister of Gaelic Affairs, revealed a new Gaelic Language license plate at a ceremony ...
Emmett McIntyre - May 3 2018 - 6:55am
Eibhlin O'Neill's blog In June 2016 four anglers, Stephen Murphy, Kieran Mahar, William Gregory and David Johnston, found the remains of a prehistoric logboat in the River Boyne (An Bhóinn) in Ireland. A sample ... The River Boyne's name is derived from the Irish queen and goddess Bóann. Boann created the Boyne after she went to the magical Well to ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Nov 24 2018 - 1:34pm
Emmett McIntyre's blog The Scotsman has an article, linked below, highlighting an historical map of the Gaelic language in Scotland which, among other things, illustrates the ... of the highland Clearances, among other factors in the great sweep of British history. However, there is one “nail in the ...
Emmett McIntyre - May 20 2017 - 2:57pm
Emmett McIntyre's blog In 2017 "The Scotsman" published an article, linked below, highlighting an historical map of the Gaelic language in Scotland which, among other things, illustrates the ... of the highland Clearances, among other factors in the great sweep of British history. However, there is one “nail in the ...
Emmett McIntyre - Sep 5 2018 - 6:12pm
Emmett McIntyre's blog There has been a stunning victory for Scots Gaelic in the Scottish Parliament. Under the 2016 Education Bill approved ... This statute applies even if the area has no history of Gaelic speaking. In reaction, Scotland’s Bòrd Na Gàidhlig has issued ...
Emmett McIntyre - Feb 4 2016 - 11:10pm - 0 comments
Emmett McIntyre's blog The last Celtic Feast day of the year is Lughnasa, also ... God Lugh. God of the sun, light and harvests, Lugh was a great warrior. According to the Ulster Cycle he fathered the ... but was originally the day of devotion to the Celtic Goddess of the same name and Beltane celebrated on 1st of May. Beltane ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jan 12 2019 - 6:29pm
Emmett McIntyre's blog In late 2011 Alasdair Allan, Scottish Government Minister ... Scotia. Minister Allan’s visit to the heartland of the Gaelic language beachhead in North America included an announcement on the ... The learning’s from these endeavors cannot but be of great value to the champions of the growth of Gaelic language and culture of ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jun 8 2014 - 10:09pm - 0 comments
Emmett McIntyre's blog Scots Gaelic is getting another shot of Government funding. Earlier this month Scotland’s Bòrd na Gàidhlig, ...
Emmett McIntyre - Apr 23 2017 - 5:40pm