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    1. [BOYLE-L] Celtic Calendar - June 15 and 16
    2. Pat Connors
    3. Sorry, I was away for a day so you are getting both days at once. cuig deag An Meitheamh , De' Mairt( 15 June, Tuesday), or in Manx, queig-jeig Mean Souree In 1887 an Anti-Tithe riot occurred in Mochdie, Wales. Fifty civilians and thrity-four police were injured as the crowd tried to prevent seizure of cattle for tithe payments. se' deag An Meitheamh, De' Ceadaoin (16 June, Wednesday), or in Welsh, un ar bymtheg Mehefin, Dydd Mercher In 1282 the English were defeated by Llywelyn II at LLandeilo. The English were attempting an invasion of Wales. In 1886 North Wales tenant farmers met to form a land league based on the Irish Land League. Land leagues were formed in response to irresponsible landlords who would charge tennants rent on the land even when crops failed and evict people under such dire circumstances. This was part of the cause of the great famine. Scots and Welsh suffered as well as the Irish tenants. In 1904 Loeiz Andouard, Breton language writer, was born. Submitted by John Laughland

    06/16/1999 02:53:01