Celtic Moment

An audio book of Evan’s Land by Ben Emlyn-Jones, read by the author. Copyright The Aldyth Press 2002. All rights reserved. Original blurb: Welcome to a Wales of the Future: In a country torn apart by civil war, Nationalists must struggle for independence against a despotic global dictator. Enter Evan Hughes: A young Welshman returning to his country after years of living in England. Hughes is fleeing from the present, curious about his past and seeking to build a future in a nightmare land of confusion and fear. Then, the ultimate twist of fate… Pushed and pulled by events beyond his control, Hughes finds himself faced with the most important task in all of Welsh history- the outcome of which will determine the survival of the entire country. See here for Ben’s second novel (Better I think!) that contains many of the Conspiracy and Paranormal themes I discuss on HPANWO TV, Rockall: hpanwo-bb.blogspot.com (Watch this space for the next part!)

A short film made with the Neath Port Talbot Ramblers as they walk from Trefil to the Chartist Cave. The film features some historic facts regarding The Chartists and a famous Welsh political figure.

Originally posted 2011-02-17 14:20:33.

Product Description
This book identifies the origin, the development and, ultimately, the success of the Irish literary tradition in English as one of the first literatures that is both national and colonial. It demonstrates the remarkable relationships between works as diverse as Joyce’s Dubliners and Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and the worlds of the French Revolution and the Irish famine. Deane also shows how almost all the activities of Irish print culture–novels, songs, typefaces, hist… More >>

Strange Country: Modernity and Nationhood in Irish Writing since 1790

Originally posted 2010-10-02 01:20:10.

To conclude, some speculation on what might actually have happened to him after he “disappeared”, and a summing up of his lasting contribution to Welsh identity and Welsh history.

Originally posted 2010-10-28 03:07:51.

Throughout history we were all taught that the noble Scottish, Welsh and Irish came from the “Celts” and that the English were invading “Anglo Saxons”.

However there have been some studies in recenet years [try googling 'stephen oppenheimer'] that traces the ‘Y’ chromosone gene [basically the male line, from father to father to father and on and on] and found that the vast majority of English are genetically the same tribes that inhabited the UK and Ireland before the Anglo-Saxons AND the Celts invaded.

In the southern and eastern parts of England the people are slighty related to this tribe because invaders CHANGED the gene of the English by taking wives etc

How do Irish Americans feel about this? Particularly aimed at the Irish-Americans who believed the English to be another race.

Originally posted 2011-09-30 14:21:45.

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i don’t live in britain so i don’t understand the history of these nicknames.
how did they come about & are they offensive to the recipient?
do people still use them?
are there any other british “location” nicknames , & how did they start ?

I don’t understand why Scotts want to leave the UK… And many welsh and Northern Irish.. The Uk throughout history has been an influential and great nation; it’s now going downhill and would become totally insignificant as just Wales, Scotland, England and Norther Ireland.

I do understand that devolution is important as then the countries can govern themselves better for their own interests, and I think patriotism is important amongst the countries.

But shouldn’t we still remain unified as Britain?

That includes:
English
Welsh
Scottish
Irish
Manx
Cornish
Ulster-Scotch
Breton

Thanks again!
Could you also tell me if this people like each other or not?

Originally posted 2011-03-13 13:21:38.

being from Wales and where Mryddin was born im curious – he was later written in 1150 and in geoffrey of monmouths story besides king arthur. but based on a prophet who lived in the woods in caerfyddin. he has never been written as a druid, BUT druid means “oak-knower”- from 100bc. And merlins oak was standing in Carmarthen for years (untill it died) and the branches placed in Carmarthen museum.
the earliest mention of Druid comes from 100bc onwards- there were three people within the celtic priesthood. the vates, druids and bards- the vates who were prophets and performed human sacrifice in order to predict the future. druids- that were philosophers and observers of the natural world- and bards that were professional poets.(found this early, only as welsh history and also the lifestyle of the late gaulish (celtic).
much later and much celebrated myrddin wyllt (540ad) was born a man who lived in the woods, recited poetry, prophesied and had a deep connection with the woodlands (oak) and astronomy, became king and law-giver. (and believed in magic just like all welsh people at that time). the old terminology “oak-knower” for druid came from the welsh although myrddin was described (his actual life) as a madman of the woods and never placed as a “druid”.
due to this lifestyle reaching Ireland the meaning of druid changed, and it is now currently being written that there is no such thing as welsh druids? although our books have been translated into english and they were placed with the name “magician”.
so was Merlin an oak-knower druid?