Scotland: New Online Gaelic Resource

August 8, 2011

A new online resource has been launched in Scotland that is designed to help staff from the public sector to learn Gaelic. The £6,000 initiative has been trailed by staff at SNH, Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) and the Crofters Commission, who each contributed

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Carn Issue Celebrates Fiftieth Anniversary of League

August 8, 2011

The 2011 Welsh National Eisteddfod (30th July to 6th August 2011) marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Celtic League, which was founded this week fifty years ago at the 1961 Eisteddfod in Rhosllanerugog near Wrecsam/Wrexham. To mark the anniversary of the organisation the

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Wales: Statement on Language Strategy

August 8, 2011

The Minister of Education (Wales) announced at the Welsh National Eisteddfod in Wrexham this week (1st August 2011) that the Welsh Government plans to publish a strategy for the development of the Welsh language in everyday life next year, but warned Eisteddfod organisers

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Wales: Annual Report on Language Development

August 8, 2011

The publication of an annual report by the Welsh Government last week (22nd July 2011) on how Welsh has progressed over the last year shows that the language needs to expand more quickly in certain areas, if the government’s own targets are to

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Kernow: Honoury Roll For Long Serving League Member

August 2, 2011

KERNOW: HONORARY ROLE FOR LONG SERVING LEAGUE MEMBER A long term member of the Celtic League has been elected Honorary President of the Kernow Branch during a successful branch meeting yesterday (27 July 2011). Harvey Lander, who joined the League in 1966 while

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Alba: Stand Up For The Language Call

August 1, 2011

ALBA: STAND UP FOR THE LANGUAGE CALL A professor has said that organisations that have been set up to promote Gaelic in Scotland should stand up for the language. Professor Kenneth MacKinnon’s comments come following a year of private research that the he

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Cymru: Artifacts Campaign Update

August 1, 2011

CYMRU: ARTEFACTS CAMPAIGN UPDATE The Director of CyMAL has written to the Celtic League, on behalf of the Minister of for Housing, Regeneration and Heritage, to say that the Welsh Government is “pleased to provide funding through the Sharing Treasures/Cyfoeth Cymru Gyfan scheme.”

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Kernow: Branch To Meet Natural England

August 1, 2011

KERNOW: BRANCH TO MEET NATURAL ENGLAND The Kernow branch of the Celtic League has been invited to attend a meeting with Natural England to discuss allegations that they have been mismanaging the site at Tregeseal on Penwith Moors that has resulted in damage

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