NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE
Major BBC Alba TV Six Part Series on – An Aghaidh an t-Srutha/Celtic Radicals
The successive episodes will cover the history of Celtic radicalism from a Scottish perspective and from the episode guide below seems pretty wide ranging in content.
It starts on BBC ALBA on Tues 23 Feb at 11pm
Episode titles:
The struggle for civil/social rights of Gaelic communities.
Land struggles in Scotland and Ireland, and the Easter Rising.
Land stuggles and Highland history after the Battle of Culloden.
The Celtic influence on the birth of the Labour Party.
The Celts influence on the Spanish Civil War and the introduction of the NHS.
The effects of war and poverty on the lives of the Gaels.
Definitely not to be missed by anyone interested in Celtic history.
These links will be active once the series is underway:
Illustration: Margaret Skinnider Scottish Celtic Radical who was active in Cumann na mBan during the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916 as a sniper for the republican forces (link):
BERNARD MOFFATT
Issued by: The Celtic News
15/02/16
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