BRETON PRISONERS PLIGHT HIGHLIGHTED AS MANX COMMEMORATE MARTYR

Nationalists should remember those suffering for their beliefs at the present time in the various Celtic countries, the annual Illiam Dhone commemoration was told. Manx nationalists had gathered on January 2nd at Hango Hill on the Isle of Man where seventeenth century patriot, Illiam Dhone (William Christian), was executed by the English. The Secretary General of

Nationalists should remember those suffering for their beliefs at

the present time in the various Celtic countries, the annual Illiam

Dhone commemoration was told.

Manx nationalists had gathered on January 2nd at Hango Hill on the

Isle of Man where seventeenth century patriot, Illiam Dhone (William

Christian), was executed by the English.

The Secretary General of the Celtic League in his concluding remarks

to the gathering urged those present to remember those imprisoned

today in the Celtic countries and specifically highlighted the plight

of the Breton prisoners, some of whom have now been in prison almost

four years awaiting trial.

The Illiam Dhone commemoration is jointly organised by Mec Vannin

(The Manx Nationalist Party) and the Manx branch of the Celtic League.

Bernard Moffatt

Secretary General