Year: 2021

Bloavez Mat 2021 greetings sent from the Celtic League Breizh Branch.

Our colleague Gi Keltiek, one of the long standing members of the Celtic League Breizh branch, sends this colourful New Year greeting in the six Celtic languages from Keltik-Asso with which he is involved. Alastair Kneale, DOI Celtic League (6th January 2021)

The funeral for our friend, founder and teacher JJ is on 11th Jan 10am at Pentrebychan Crematorium Rhostylen. Cambria band will parade with him one last time by leading him and his family down the avenue to the doors. Due to Covid only

A small group gathered to commemorate the execution of Manx patriot Illiam Dhone at Hango Hill today. Mark Kermode of Mec Vannin gave a brief intro and another speaker was well known Manxman Stewart Bennet who is a member of both Yn Çheshaght

State papers released in Ireland have vindicated views published in the early 1990s by the Celtic League that the UK was militarily unable to defeat the IRA and it was struggling logistically to supply border strongpoints. A briefing note for Taoiseach Charles Haughey

The Guardian today reveals details on the political pressures surrounding the Róisín McAliskey case in the mid 1990s from new files released to the National Archives. The Celtic League was active in the campaign for her release and as General Secretary I wrote

It hasn’t even dawned but you know the New Year is going to be a year of political empty promises. It’s an election year and at least some of the current crop will try to get back. First they will try to convince

Various news sources in both the 26 counties and 6 counties are reporting that a 12000 tonne oil tanker has run aground near Greencastle in Lough Foyle. The vessel the Thun Liffey registered in the Netherlands struck the Tuns sandbank about 8:30 am