alliance federaliste bretonne
2007-08-25 08:33:12 UTC
TWO CELTIC PEOPLES, TWO SISTER SOULS: BRITTANY AND WALES
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.
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 ?
Saint Nazaire has had a long rugby tradition. The “Sporting Nazairien “
was created in 1909 and the “Rugby Club Trignacais” in 1912. The links
with Wales developed along with the traffic between the ports 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 port of St Nazaire, there were also 4 companies for the
conditioning of “Welsh coal “. Supported by the C.R.E.D.I.B, 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.
CREDIB SANT-NAZER BREIZH BRITTANY LLYDAW
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 createda 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 ?
Saint Nazaire has had a long rugby tradition. The “Sporting Nazairien “
was created in 1909 and the “Rugby Club Trignacais” in 1912. The links
with Wales developed along with the traffic between the ports 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 port of St Nazaire, there were also 4 companies for the
conditioning of “Welsh coal “. Supported by the C.R.E.D.I.B, 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.
CREDIB SANT-NAZER BREIZH BRITTANY LLYDAW