O’Donovan rossa Commemoration

August 3, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE State Commemoration Marks Centenary Since The Funeral of Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa. A commemoration marking 100 years since the funeral of Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa in 1915, was held today (August 1) at Dublin’s Glasnevin Cemetary. O’Donovan Rossa’s funeral is

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First Steps Taken Towards Establishing Commemorations Body

January 28, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Members of the Mannin branch of the Celtic League met with colleagues from Mec Vannin earlier this week and agreed to progress an initiative to establish a National Commemorations Organisation. The principles outlined for the new group were

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Illiam Dhone Under Fire Again!

January 15, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE State broadcaster gives Government ‘generous’ airtime to attack ‘opponents’. Contributors and those attending the 2015 Illiam Dhone commemoration on 2nd January at Hango Hill (the execution site of Manx patriot William Christian) remarked that it was one of

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Break with Tradition at this Year’s Illiam Dhone Commemoration

January 1, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE There will be a break with tradition at the 2015 annual Illiam Dhone commemoration on 2nd January which will see three speakers address those attending Hango Hill ahead of the wreath laying ceremony in memory of Manx martyr

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Cymru Branch Organise Prisoner Commemoration

May 14, 2012

NEWS FROM CELTIC PRESS Members of the Cymru Branch helped to organise a commemoration at Fron-goch recently, to remember those who had been interned at the infamous prison in the north of Wales. The Cymru Branch Information Officer, Aled Cottle, sent the following

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Croke Park Commemoration Query

November 27, 2010

Members of the Alba/Scotland Branch have been forwarding text messages to other branch members of the League today (21st November), on the 90th anniversary of the murders of the massacre at Croke Park stadium in Ireland, during a Gaelic football match. The text

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