A UNK BETWEEN THECEUIC NAnONS ALBA: Seallaimid Air a' (huiinrigh; Smelter Closure Threal; Bibliograph) . BRLIZH: Sleufrverezh-arc’hant; A Special Status? Major Poet Dies. CVMRU: Cynigiadau Dadlenol; Welsh Tcacher Suspended; Mother Tongue. LIRE: Alba — Na Näisiüin Aontaithe; Irish Neutrality Today: Election ’82. KEUNOW: Marlesen, Martesen; National Question in Cornwall. MAN MN: Cleayshyn Follil; Manx Nationalism; Merchants of Death. ★ The Assembly of the Fourth World — No. 1 & 2. Nuclear Threat. 50 p QUARTERLY PERIODICAL IN ENGLISH & IN CELTIC LANGUAGES PUBLISHED BY THE "CELTIC LEAGUE" cornpensate for the loss, I appeal to anyone who is in a position to add a donation to the minimum fee or subscription to do so. Other periodicals publish a Editorial donor’s list. Perhaps we should do the same. Those of us u ho do the voluntary vvork for CARN and the The Celtic countries were the first colonial acqui.si- C.L. are known, it would only be fair that we tions of their present day rulers and remain atnongsi acknowledge the contributions of others who help to the last of their possessions. Over the centuries not keep the C.L. itoina. In any easc, IE YOU RECEIVE alone have they been exploited economically, their \ REM INDER OE RENEWAL WITH THIS cultures and languages suppressed but their man- ISSUE, Pl.EASE DON’T PUT IT ON THE LONCi power has been drafted to fight the imperial wars at FINGER IE YOU, as we hope, WISH TO grevious cost to themselves and iheir nations. CONTINUE RECE1VING CARN REGLJLAREY. Today the Celtic countries sul'fer from the same ills Also help us to find new subscribers, to seil the as ever and in some cases their lands are used to pro- quarterly, to niake the Celtic League more widely vide bases and arsenals for the imperial powers. In known! the nuclear age this has a special signilicance of A. 11111 SAM . course. Much emphasis is placed in Super Power strategy on the preemptive slrike against missile bases, Strategie harboufs, early warning stations. etc. many of which arc located in the Celtic countrries THE CLL ITC l.EAGlJE ANM AI. GENERAL and which woüld in itself ensure their destruction in MEETING the event ol a nuclear holoeaust. Indepcndence. self- As we go to press, answers to our question go\ .rnmem or progress towards it means little in regalding the date proposed by the Irish brauch of such a scenarto. the C.L., namely the 14-15 August weekend, have The Celtic League has on many occasions express- been received froni four other branchcs' secretaries ed its Opposition to the use ol' the Celtic countries as — three of theni agreeing, the fourth preferring an weapon sites, as dunips for radiöaetive waste and as alternative weekend. There is a small ehanee that this convenient locations for nuclear power stations. VVc mighi be found to be eomenieni 10 the largest have also expressed our suppori for the campaign for number and then agreed, but lill further notice, it a nuclc.it free Europe, ln this regard it is heartening must be assumed that the date for the ACiM is MID- tose ihat the la ; Welsh region has voted toconfirm AUGUST. This has the adv antage that partieipants (hat >i , In ild be a nuclear (weapon) free Zone. could then also attend the Irish-Ianguage Summer \ .Mt:... iloing our best to aid efloris to Course for beginners in Connemara during the Highlight ilk m tation of countrics likc Alba, which following fortnight, 01 the National E'lea Cheoil the are salurated in nuclear and miliiary bases and following weekend. It seenis preferable 10 have our facilities and to light for their removal we must also ACiM before raihcr than alter those events. Wc shall seels to assist in preventing the spread of such /.oncs decide before April 30 in any case. to those <.......r countries or parts ol our countries The meetings will he at the Cultürlann, die Irish still free of thetn. In this regard ii is important litat Musicians Association Centre, 32 Belgrave Square, efforts continually heiug made hy eertain interests to Moiikstown, near Dun L.aoghaire, Co. Dublin. Ibis end the miliiary nculraliiy of the Irish Republic hc is about live indes from the centre of Dublin, there rcsisicd as strongly as possible. are good bus connectiöns. It can be assumed that bed and break last lor about IRE5.50 and nieais for IRC3 will be available there, and traditional nuisie entertainment also! Appeal to Members and The time being so dose to the great Elea Cheoil, there could be a strong demand for aceommodation. Subscribers Ii is important therelore that intending partieipants should book as early as possible. Phone Dublin 800295, or vvrite direct to Irish Sec. immediaiely. All I vvish to thank those vvho have been prompt to members are invited but must notify their brauch renew lor 1982 and partieularly those who have sent secreiary well beforchand of their intjention to come. more than the required amounts. Every weck has brought a quota ol chcques and postaI Orders, but as • Sulidarity — The following telegram was sent on the time approaches when the copies have to be behalf of the Celtic League in suppori of Wayne distributed, I expect ihat many will still not have Williams, who, having servect a term of 12 months renewed. Our “production" and postage costs have imprisonment for alleged (Cymdeilhas yr laith) risen so steeply — and will continue to do so with illegal aetions, was suspended and threalened with increases in Value Added Tax and postage dismissal from bis teaching post in Llanidloes last “ promised" in the fortheoming Irish hudget — that January: “To Chairman, County Council, they are bringing our reserves under strain. Many Llandrindod Wells, Povvys. Celtic L^giie urges shops are reporting a fall in sales, or cancelling their reinslatcment Wayne Williams whose commitmeni 10 Orders, or leaving the invoices unpaid, in spite ol our Community is beyond dispute” . repeated requesls for payment. Mas he they too are fecling the pinch but wecannot give indefinite credit. We shall have to reduee the number of copies printed EN RAISON DES COLTS POSTALX l.ES PRIX and keep the waste to a minimum, but öbviously this DE YEN II. DE I.A REM E Al NI MICRO ESI means a higher cost per copy of CA RN. To PLUS ELIM. EN BRETAG NE. Gheill Magaidh agus thug i £25 muillean (£25,000,000) a steidhich amar T.V. ’sa Chuimreis. ALBA Nach mör an difir eadar a’ Chuimrigh agus Alba far nach eil ach uair no dhä a thide ’sa Ghäidhlig gach seachduin air T.V. agus gu tric faisg air meadhon oidhche! Ach tha sinn fada ro mhodhail. Tha Seallamaid Air A ’ Chuimrigh steisean reidio ’sa Chuimreis fad an latha, seachd laithean a h-uile seachduin. Ach thionndaidh iad a’ Ghäidhlig gu V.H.F. fad beagan uairean a thide a Bilhidh an ath Mhöd Näiseanla air a chumail anns h-uile latha. Ach, mar a thuirt sinn cheana, tha na an Eilean Sgitheanach an ath Dhamhair 1982 agus h-Albannaich ro mhodhail. cuiridh An Comunn Gaidhealach, Abertarff House, Thäinig an da latha oirnn le Achd an Fhoghluim lnverness, Alba, fios chugad, mas math leat sin. 1872 — fada nas miosa na Murt Ghlinn Chaomhain Agus tha car-slickers de’n Mhöd 1982 ri fhaighinn ann an 1692 bho’n a bha Murt nan sgoiltean Gäidhlig bhuapa cuideachd. ann an Achd 1872. Bho 1872 chan eil sgoil ann an Gle mhath, canaidh sinn. Tha am Möd Naiseanta Alba gu leir far am bheil iad a ’ leagaisg a h-uile agus na Mödan lonadail cuideachd uamhasach cuspair troimh na Gäidhlig. feumail — mar a tha fios againn. Ach seallamaid air a ’ chuimrigh. Tha sgoiltean Thöisich am Möd anns an Oban Lathurna ceud agus colaistean far am bheil iad a h-uile rud troimh’ bliadhna seo chaidh — nuair a bha a’ Bhan-righ na Cuimreis. Tha e comasach inbhe oilthigh Victoria air a ’ Chathair rioghail agus bha ar sinn- (university degree) fhaighinn far am bheil iad a’ toirt seanairean beö. Theagaisg na Cuimrich dhuinn doigh a h-uile öraid agus a h-uile ceasnachadh ’sa a chumail nan Möd. Chuimreis. Ach tha sinn a’ tighinn beö anns an fhicheadamh Töisiachmaid le bunait nan sgoil is nan colaiste linn, agus tha naimhdean na Gäidhlig fada nas treasa Cuimrich, ’se sin ri rädh na Croileagan (Play groups) a nise; oir tha T.V. agus reidio aca ’nan laithean seo. far nach eil a’ chiann cöig bliadhnachan a dh’aois. Tre ceud bliadhna rinn na Cuimrich ro mhör a ’Sna Chroileagan cleachdaidh iad a’ chänain gu thaobh a ‘ chänain aca, cha d’rinn sinne ach beag. simplidh agus le gäirdeachas. Is e an l-ionsachadh ög Mharbh Achd an Fhoghluim 1872 ar sgoiltean an l-ionsachadh böidheach. Gäidhlig far an robh ar cänain Aibannach ’na Sgriobh lain Macllie Chair deagh iontradh air mheadhon-teagaisg. Ach tha ioma sgoiltean, Croileagan na Cuimrigh anns an “ Oban Times" de’n colaistean agus oilthighean far am bheil cuspairean 15 Damhair 1981 d’am b’ainm "Solus Ur” . Taing air an leagaisg tre na Cuimreis. do’n Chomunn Gaidhealach. Roinn Earraghaidheal, Ach an diugh, ceud bliadhna an deigh, chan eil Albany Street, Oban, Alba. Sgriobh lain cöir gun sgoil no colaiste no oilthigh ann an Alba far nach eil robh ach 70 Croileagan ann an 1971 agus tha 355 ann iad a’ treagaisg a h-uile cail troimh’n Bheurla. Bha an diugh agus tha a’ mhorchuid de’n ehloinn ud ä sinn fada nas fheärr dheth corr is ceud bliadhna seo dachaidhean Gallda! chaidh, nuair a bha iad a ’ leagaisg troimh’n Seann Abair gum bheil moran againn ri ionnsachadh bho Chänain Aibannach.