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2020 Gallery

2020 Gallery Here are the pictures from the restricted ceremony in 2020 held in Lys Kernow, Truro on 5th September.   [dgbm_blog_module type="3" include_categories="114" show_categories="off" show_author="off" show_date="off" show_pagination="off" show_more="on"...

2021 Gallery

2021 Gallery Here are the pictures from the ceremonies in 2021: The Awen and Proclamation at Stratton on 27th June The Holyer an Gof Awards Ceremony at Kresen Kernow on 31st July The GK Adult Awards Ceremony at Bude-Stratton on 3rd September The main Gorsedh Ceremony...

2022 Gallery

2022 Gallery Here are the pictures from the ceremonies in 2022: The Proclamation in Hayle on 30th April The Awen at The Hurlers on 19th June The Holyer an Gof Awards Ceremony at Kresen Kernow on 16th July The GK Awards Ceremony at Hayle on 1st September The main...

2023 Gallery

2023 Gallery Here are the pictures from the ceremonies in 2023: The Proclamation in Padstow on 22nd April The Awen in Zennor on 18th June The Holyer an Gof Awards Ceremony at Kresen Kernow on 15th July The GK Awards Ceremony at Padstow on 1st September The main...

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions Would you like to know more about Gorsedh Kernow?Here are the answers to some questions we are often asked. What is the Gorsedh of Cornwall? The Gorsedh of Cornwall (also known as Gorsedh Kernow) is a non-political, cultural organisation....

Other Events

Click here for other events. This page lists other events in Cornwall and further afield.  Please contact the webmaster at webmaster@gorsedhkernow.org.uk with details of events local to you in 2022

Archive

Archive  The purpose of the Gorsedh Archives is to collect and disseminate information from all sources for research purposes. Gorsedh Kernow has been collecting printed material, including books and photographs, together with audio-visual items relating to...

Videos

Videos —The videos of the ceremonies and events are in the posts on the galleries page. Here are some videos of special interest.Songs from the Gorsedh ceremonies, specially recorded by Buccas Four. With thanks to Matthi Clarke. The full recording is followed by...

Galleries

Galleries Photos and Videos The latest photos and videos from the Gorsedh are on this page.For a photos and videos of the Gorsedh Ceremonies for a particular year, go to: 2023   2022   2021   2020   2019   2018   2017    2016   2015[dgbm_blog_module posts_number="50"...

Endowment Fund

The Gorsedh Kernow Endowment Fund Cornish Culture: an investment for the futureThe Cornish are a National Minority; Kernewek is a protected minority language; mining heritage is celebrated; stones and wells, forts and rounds are protected... wrasslers – writers –...

Council Members

Council Members —Grand Bard and Deputy Grand BardBarded in 1991 at Roche Rock by examination in the Cornish language. GK Ceremonial Sword Bearer to 2018. Elected to GK Council 2018. Deputy Grand Bard 2018-2021. Made Grand Bard 2021.  Member of all...

Grand Bards

Grand Bards —Gwas Myghal 1928-1934 Henry Jenner FSA (8 August 1848 – 8 May 1934) was a British scholar of the Celtic languages, a Cornish cultural activist, and the chief originator of the Cornish language revival. Jenner was born at St Columb Major on 8 August...

News for Bards

News for Bards News and information to be included in the next newsletter should be submitted by email to news@gorsedhkernow.org.ukNewsletters You can open PDF files with Adobe Acrobat Reader which is a free download: https://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/

Holyer an Gof Publishers’ Awards

Holyer an Gof Publishers' Awards The annual Gorsedh Kernow Holyer an Gof Awards were instigated in 1996 for books published in 1995 and are so named in memory of Redruth publisher and Cornish Bard Leonard Truran, whose Bardic name was Holyer an Gof - Follower of The...

St. Piran’s Events

St. Piran's Events This page lists St. Piran’s events in Cornwall and further afield.  Please contact the webmaster at webmaster@gorsedhkernow.org.uk with details of events local to you.

Esedhvos Festival

Esedhvos Festival Gorsedh Kernow's Esedhvos Festival promotes and celebrates Cornwall’s distinctive cultural identity and Celtic heritage.The Cornish equivalent of the Welsh Eisteddfod and Breton Gorsedd, it is held in Cornwall every year in the days surrounding the...

Symbolism and Regalia

Symbolism and Regalia —The Awen Awen is a Welsh word meaning Muse or Inspiration and represents the creative powers in action. It is also known as Y Nod Cyfrin, The Mystic Mark, or Y Nod Pelydr Goleuni, The Mark of the Shaft of Light, where it is derived from the rays...

Ceremonies

Ceremonies The largest event in Gorsedh Kernow's calendar is the ceremony in September each year when new bards are admitted and competition prizes and major awards are presented. It is performed, weather permitting, in the open, at a different venue in Cornwall every...

Events

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History

History Gorsedh Kernow came about as the result of the scholar Henry Jenner's interest in Cornish language and Cornwall (Jenner was a bard of the Breton Gorsedh) and support from the Welsh Gorsedh and the recently formed Federation of Old Cornwall Societies...

Kalendar Kernewek

Kalender Kernewek   Submitting an Event If you have an event that you would like added to Kalender Kernewek, please contact Gemma Goodman (An Rosweyth Support Officer) on rosweyth@outlook.com. Your event has to include some kind of Cornish language element to be...

Bards

Bards This section contains information about this subject and a link to a list of current and deceased bards.Gorsedh means 'a Bardic assembly'. It comes from the ancient Celtic word meaning 'high seat' or 'throne'. Bard derives from the name given by Greek writers to...

Awards

Awards Gorsedh Kernow AwardsGorsedh Kernow Awards The Gorsedh Kernow Awards seek to foster and promote the national Celtic spirit of Cornwall, through awarding Awen Medals for outstanding creative and community work that expresses Cornish identity and culture. Read on...

About GK

About Gorsedh Kernow What is Gorsedh Kernow? Preserving the history and culture of a Celtic people through poetry, song, dance, music, art, sport and spoken word stretches back to the story tellers – Bards of ancient Celtic countries.  Gorsedh Kernow, which means...

Contact

Please send any queries or comments via the contact form below. Or you can email directly: enquiries@gorsedhkernow.org.uk and the email will be forwarded to the correct person: Thank you. Meur ras.Contact Form

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the Cornish Gorsedd of Bardspoetry, song, dance, music, art, the spoken word and Kernewek – the Cornish languageother Celtic countries and the wider diasporaWelcome to Gorsedh Kernow Gorsedh Kernow - the Gorsedh of the Bards of Cornwall - exists to maintain the...

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