"Le mouvement panceltique"

Name of traveller

Charles Le Goffic (1863-1932)

Reason for travel

• visit to the Cardiff Eisteddfod 1899 as part of the Breton delegation

Date of travel

1899

Il n’est pas exagéré de dire que la substitution du méthodisme non conformiste à l’anglicanisme officiel fut le salut pour la nationalité galloise. (Le Goffic 392)

Content

• art: contains photograph of Gorsedd
• customs:
  • references to Cardiff Eisteddfod 1899
  • links between Nonconformism and Welsh identity
  • eisteddfod tradition and neo-druidism of the Gorsedd
• history: history of oppression of Welsh
• language:
  • notes general revival of Celtic languages towards end of nineteenth century
  • extensive discussion of Cornish language and plans for its revival
  • importance of Bible translation for Welsh language
• people: travelling with Alain de Botmelas (1858-1946), Anatole Le Braz (1859-1926) and Jean Le Fustec (1855-1910); further delegates in the group are Le Gonidec de Traissan, Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray (1840-1910), René Grivart, François Jaffrennou (1879-1956) and Frañsez Vallée (1879-1956)
• politics:
  • Wales generally in a better position than Ireland
  • discussion of Cymru Fydd and Welsh independence
  • Welsh emigration to the Americas
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Nationality of traveller

Breton, French

Language of publication

French

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

report; travelogue

Citation

Le Goffic, Charles. "Le mouvement panceltique." L'Âme bretonne. Paris: Honoré Champion, Libraire-Éditeur, 1902. 333-90. Print.