Month: January 2017

Articles Sought for Publication in Carn    Contributions are currently being sought for the next issue of Carn (#167).    Carn is the Celtic League’s longest running publication and was originally launched in 1973. The 24 page long publication is currently only available

The Celtic League is OPPOSED to recruitment from the Celtic countries into the British Armed Forces and it goes without saying we are opposed to the recruitment of children as is the current policy of the United Kingdom government. (Note the United Nations

It’s not only me that has a problem with the BBC; in Scotland nationalists have taken their anger to a new but constructive level. Billboards and Van boards attacking BBC bias in news reporting have appeared. As well as a slogan the boards

The Centenary celebration for Sophia Morrison today got of to a very good start with a wreath laying at Peel Cemetery at the grave of the great Manx figure. Even the weather smiled on the day with the midday rain abating just ahead

News from Mannin Branch Celtic League: With the collection of Manx folklore and culture very much to the fore over the weekend a colleague and I (as we are wont to do) were contemplating yesterday evening the broader Celtic context and especially the

Tranceltic has this article on the Welsh Languages Commissioner Meri Huws most recent report a link to which can be found at the foot of the article. As usual the Commissioner does not pull her punches: “State Services Provided in Welsh Fall Short

Although the centenary commemorations of the Easter Rising in Dublin are now over the role of the Scots involved in the struggle to end British rule in Ireland at the time is to be highlighted in a new book (link): http://www.thenational.scot/…/15025055.Book_pays_tribute_t…/ The book

The issue of the transport of nuclear waste by air from Dounreay in Scotland to the United States is to be highlighted at the Scottish parliament this week it is an issue the Celtic League highlighted last year (link): http://www.bbc.co.uk/…/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-386365… The concerns about

News in this report that the Ministry of Defence Police are to undertake a higher profile in policing the Rosneath Peninsula on the Clyde in the Scottish Sunday Herald (link): http://www.heraldscotland.com/…/15009201.Armed_MoD_police…/… The MOD Police like the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) is paramilitary i.e.