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    Cornish gather at Australian Celtic Festival 2012

    Posted on 15 May 2012 | No Comments
    The 20th Australian Celtic Festival may have honoured our cousins the Bretons, as well as Galicia and Asturia, as its 2012 theme  but the Cornish in Australia also gathered in Glen Innes  last week (3-6 May, 2012). Situated 915m (3,000 ft) above sea level in...
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    Back to Eaglehawk

    Posted on 1 May 2012 | No Comments
    The Cornish in Victoria, Australia, got together last month for 3 days of Cornish heritage, friendship and fun! [16, 17, 18th March 2012] As part of the 41st Eaglehawk Dahlia and Arts Festival, it was back to Eaglehawk, a town within what is now the...
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    Cornish shine at Pan-Celtic

    Posted on 20 April 2012 | No Comments
    by Anne Kennedy Truscott The 41st International Pan Celtic Festival, Carlow, Ireland Last week the town of Carlow in Ireland was festooned in Celtic flags, placards, banners and bunting to welcome the arrival  of the 41st International Pan Celtic Festival – and its many participants...
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    Cornish Celts exist, says Prof Peter Beresford Ellis

    Posted on 31 October 2011 | No Comments
    The Celtic Nations, 1961- 2011, a Sea Change? Some personal views, by Professor Peter Beresford Ellis Below is the text of the presentation about the Celtic League which was prepared by leading Celticist, historian and author, Peter Beresford Ellis and presented on his behalf to...
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    To ‘the three Rs’, add ‘I’ for identity

    Posted on 19 October 2011 | No Comments
    Since 2006 school children in Cornwall have rightly been allowed to record themselves as ‘ethnically’ Cornish on the annual Schools Census (PLASC). Since then the number identifying as Cornish has risen from 24% to 41%. 2006: 24 percent 2007: 27 percent 2008: 30 percent 2009:...
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    [Celtic League] Media prejudice against Celts

    Posted on 29 September 2011 | No Comments
    In his monthly newspaper column for the West Briton newspaper in Cornwall, the General Secretary of the Celtic League, Rhisiart Tal-e-bot, writes on the topic of the prejudice that Welsh and Cornish people often experience and have to endure in the predominantly anglo-centric press and...
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    Sun, surf, and saffron?

    Posted on 21 September 2011 | No Comments
    - by Kevrenor - Sun – there was that in abundance! Surf - just nearby at your choice of ocean or bay-side location! Saffron - well, no saffron buns or cake for this year alas – but there was certainly saffron in the Cornish national...
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    Kernewek: Partnership working hard for Cornish language

    Posted on 3 September 2011 | No Comments
    The Cornish Language Partnership (MagaKernow) will be holding its annual conference at Lostwithiel Community Centre on Saturday 1st October (10am – 4pm) This year’s conference will both report on MAGA activities and plans for the forthcoming year. It will look further afield to work in...
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    Cornwall misses out on a broadcast TV station

    Posted on 24 August 2011 | No Comments
    Cornwall misses out on a broadcast TV station The Westminster government Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s local TV plan recently unveiled the  location of 65 potential local broadcast TV stations across the UK including nine in the nation of Scotland, six in Wales, and surprise, none...
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    Greater Milwaukee has them with or without Rutabaga

    Posted on 9 August 2011 | No Comments
    It seems that the pasty, and indeed Cornish food, is a common theme across Cornish societies and associations worldwide. The Cornish Society of Greater Milwaukee has an annual Pasty Luncheon. This quote is from their Newsletter, ‘The Cornish Immigrant’:  “The aroma of fresh, warm pasties...
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