Myttin da Heyl! Ass yw henna marthys da gweles berdh wiskys, ha kowetha bejeth dhe vejeth.
Myttin da Heyl! It’s brilliant to see robed bards and friends face-to-face.
Kanaseth Sen Gwynnyer a wolyas dyworth Iwerdhon yn kurragh – homm yw skath elvennek heb lew. Lewys yns gans garm dhe du a-rag po tu strok dhe revya tamm kreffa – neppyth avel agan para soshyel revya ow mos a-dro stumm. Mes Iwerdhon dhe Gernow yn skath ygor – na vynnav meur ras. I a diras omma yn Heyl yn bledhen a-dro pymp kans.
The Saint Gwinear Mission sailed from Ireland in a curragh – that’s a primitive boat without arudder. They are steered by shouting to bow side or stroke to row a bit stronger – bit like our social crew going round a bend. But Ireland to Cornwall in an open boat – no thanks. They landed right here in Hayle about the year five hundred.
Ytho Sen Breg an gwelivedh, Sen Krewan, Germogh an Myghtern, Sen Elwenn, Sen Synwynn koweth a Sen Breg, Sen Helen, Sen Sydhni ha heb mar, Sen Gwynnyer y honan, wosa tamm a drobel teythyek gans Arlodh Tewder, eth yn rag ow tri Kristyonedh dhe Gonteth Pennwydh ha Konteth Keryer.
So, Saint Breage the midwife, Saint Crowan, Germoe the King, Saint Elwyn, Saint Synwyn a companion of Breage, Saint Helen, Saint Sithney and of course, Saint Gwinear himself, after a bit of local trouble with Lord Tewdar, went on to bring Christianity to County Penwith and County Kerrier.
Wel, a wrussowgh hwi klewes a-dro dhe Eglosvreg, Egloskrewen, Sen Germogh, Porthleven, (hag yn Heyl y honan gans chapel drehevys mil, eth kans, hwegh ha tri-ugens), Kilgoodh, Sen Sydhni, Sen Gwynnyer? Y tal dhe oll a’n tylleryow ma aga bosva dhe Heyl.
Well, have you heard tell of Breage, Crowan, Germoe, Porthleven, (and Hayle itself, with a chapel built 1863), Cape Cornwall, Sithney and Gwinear? All of these places owe their existence to Hayle.
Ena yth esa kanaseth Sen Uni a wrug tira omma ynwedh yn Heyl pan wrug Sen Uni, Sen Ergh ha Sen Ia (wel nyns esa edhom dhedhi tira orth Porth Ia mar ny wrug ev dos omma yn Heyl). Rag henna Lannudhno, Karnuni, Egloskrewen, Lannanta, Resrudh, Mertheruni, gans Porthia, Chapel Ia Trewoon – y tal dhe oll a’n tylleryow ma; aga bosva dhe Heyl.
Then, there was the Saint Euny mission which also landed here at Hayle when Sen Euny, St Erth and Saint Eia (well, she needn’t have landed up in St Ives if he hadn’t come here to Hayle). Therefore St Erth, Carn Euny, Crowan, Lelant, Redruth, Mertheroony, with St Ives, Saint Eia’s Chapel at Troon – All of these places owe their existence to Hayle.
Avel maw Kammbronn, my a wor bos Heyl hwor dre dhe Gammbronn; glow ynporthys orth Heyl eth dhe’n balyow Kammbronn ha Richard Trevithick a dhemedhas gans Jane Harvey a Heyl. An batalyow yntra Harveys a Heyl ha Cornish Copper Company o henhwedhlek. Ny wra saw goslowes orthiv – gwrewgh gwandra a-dro an dre vyghan bryntin ma.
As a Camborne boy, I know that Hayle is Camborne sister-town; coal imported at Hayle went to the Camborne mines and Richard Trevithick married Jane Harvey of Hayle. The battles between Harveys of Hayle and the Cornish Copper Company were legendary. But don’t just listen to me – have a wander around this brilliant little town.
Na hwath! My a garsa gorfenna gans kovyow hweg ha my flogh. Ni a drigas yn Trewoon, ogas dhe Gammbronn mes y hwrussyn ni degolya yn Heyl – yn prennji. Mamm a’n henwelis ‘chalet’ mes Tas a’n henwis ‘shack’ – mes Heyl yw marthys moy ages ‘Tri Mildir a Dewes Owrek’, yth yw an golonen sans a Kernow west, hanterkolon a’n domhwelans diwysygel, ha pur lowen ov vy dhe leverel an tyller may fydh an vledhen ma Gorsedh Kernow
Not just yet! I would like to finish with sweet memories f when I was a kid. We lived in Troon, near Camborne but we went on holiday to Hayle – in a krowji. Mother called it a ‘chalet’ but Father called it a ‘shack’ – but Hayle is so much more than ‘Three Miles of Golden Sands’, it is the sacred core of West Cornwall, a ventricle of the industrial revolution, and I’m very happy to say the site where for this year’s Gorsedh Kernow.
Kernow bys vykken!