REPOST FOR OUR BROTHERS:
TWO CELTIC PEOPLES, TWO SISTER SOULS: BRITTANY AND WALES
alliance federaliste bretonne wrote:
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> TWO CELTIC PEOPLES, TWO SISTER SOULS: BRITTANY AND WALES
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> As Welsh rugbymen are staying in Saint Nazaire, it's worth recalling the
> links between the people of Wales and Brittany, their Celtic origins,
> their history and their language once common.
> Welsh, Breton and Cornic are the outputs of a language dating from the
> beginning of the Middle Ages, a time when the Celtic sea was a link
> between the coastal regions.
> From the third to the sixth century, successive waves brought to
> Armorique whole populations from Devon, Wales and Cornwall, who created
> a great many “plou” in Brittany.
> In Guérande country ( Bro Gwenrann ) 80% of the names of places have
> Breton origins ( from the Breton language )
> The kingdom and then the duchy of Brittany, just like the principality
> of Wales, were independent up to the XVI th century when, conquered by
> France or England, they endured the rivalries between those countries.
> But, together with the cultural revivals and the interceltic
> developments, links were renewed in the XIX th century with the
> industrial revolution. And the coal from Cardiff brought the successful
> development of the ironworks in Trignac. The French state, though,
> through its protectionism, put an end to that traffic.
> May we hope that the coming of our Welsh brothers and the events it
> created will make it possible to foresee interceltic rugby
> competitions, and why not contests betweeen a Brittany Rugby Team and
> teams of other Celtic nations ?
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> Saint Nazaire has had a long rugby tradition. The “S****ting Nazairien “
> was created in 1909 and the “Rugby Club Trignacais” in 1912. The links
> with Wales developed along with the traffic between the ****ts of Cardiff
> and St Nazaire from 1870 to 1930. The iron works in Trignac (1879-1932)
> worked with Welsh coal uniquely, and even had concessions in some Welsh
> mines. On the ****t of St Nazaire, there were also 4 companies for the
> conditioning of “Welsh coal “. Sup****ted by the CREDIB, the town of
> Trignac will show in September an exhibition “ From Cardiff to Trignac “
> that will recall all this past history in common between the south of
> Wales and the south of Brittany.
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> CREDIB SANT-NAZER BREIZH BRITTANY LLYDAW
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