‘Experience Of A Lifetime’ – Kimathi Wouldn’t Know Whether To Laugh Or cry

December 29, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE If Dedan Kimathi was alive today I don’t know whether he would laugh or cry at the reports that his Kenyan countrymen had the ‘experience of a lifetime’ when they visited the Tynwald, the Manx parliament. Kimathi was

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The Impact of 1916 Reverberated Beyond Ireland And The Celtic Countries

December 28, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE We are still attempting to locate rare footage of inter-Celtic involvement in the fiftieth anniversary of the 1916 Easter rising has come to light. This year’s 100th anniversary gives it a new impetus. The Easter Rising had an

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Don’t Forget! Illiam Dhone Commemoration Next Weekend

December 28, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE A reminder that (as previously publicised) the National Illiam Dhone Commemoration takes place on January 2nd (2:00pm) at Hango Hill, Castletown This year’s oration in the Manx language will be delivered by Isla Callister followed by another in

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Hope Those Graffiti Pics Haven’t Been Shredded

December 27, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE I wrote recently that the arrival of the latest colonial puppet, Richard Gozney, on the Island in April (is it the 1st) next year might lead to a resurgence of nationalism and I recalled the graffiti campaign some

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Shameless! Now A Tax ‘Give Away’ To Complement The £50 Million ‘Tax-Away’

December 27, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Do you remember that series on Channel 4 called ‘Shameless’ well I think there’s scope for a rerun of the series in a slightly different form featuring our Council of Ministers (COMIN). Latest give-away (don’t get excited it’s

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Can We Afford To Indulge In This Pageant Of Nonsense?

December 26, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE We are already cash-strapped with indications that there is an exodus of people from the Island if the housing market is anything to go by and recent downturns in the construction industry. There’s fuel poverty and in some

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Kenny Visit To Irish Golan heights Troops

December 26, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Xmas visit by Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, and Irelands Defence Minister, Simon Coveney, to Irish peacekeepers deployed as part of the United Nations force on the Golan Heights, between Syria and Israel underlines Ireland’s contribution to world peace

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Who Gets To Regulate Themselves In This Day And Age?

December 24, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Now if there’s one thing about Manx Deemsters you can’t accuse them of being stuffy. When given good advice they’ll take it as we noted about five years ago (August 2011) when they introduced a grandly sounding ‘CODE

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One Hunt The Prey Survives

December 24, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Boxing Day (or St Stephen’s Day) sees traditional ‘hunt the wren’ gatherings in many of the Celtic countries. The origins of the tradition are lost in time but it is probably a pre-christian ritual continued, with adaptation, after

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Gas Climb Down – A Victory For People Power

December 24, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The ‘climb down’, because that’s what it is, of Manx Gas over pricing is a vindication that despite the skeptics the peoples voice mobilized via social media can achieve change. Since the new standard charge and tariff arrangements

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