Arthur Ivan Rabey (1931 – 30 January 2008) was best known as a Cornish historian and author from

St Columb Major St Columb Major is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Often referred to locally as ''St Columb'', it is approximately southwest of Wadebridge and east of Newquay Ordnance Survey: Landran ...

Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...

. He was also a journalist, broadcaster and local politician. In 1974 he was created a bard of The

Cornish Gorseth Gorsedh Kernow (Cornish Gorsedd) is a non-political Cornish organisation, based in Cornwall, United Kingdom, which exists to maintain the national Celtic spirit of Cornwall. It is based on the Welsh-based Gorsedd, which was founded by Iolo Mor ...

and took the bardic name ''"Gwas Colum"'' meaning ''servant of St Columb''. He died on 21 January 2008, aged 76, following a long illness.Lasting Tribute website: Announcement of the death of Arthur Ivan Rabey.
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Selected works

* ''Bugles, Sirens and Bells'' * 1972: ''

Hurling Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...

at St Columb and in

''. Padstow: Lodenek Press (Previous ed., published as 'Hurling at St Columb'. 1969.) * 1975: ''Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly''. Glasgow: Collins * 1979: ''The Book of St Columb and St Mawgan: the story of two ancient parishes''. Buckingham: Barracuda Books * 1981: ''Cornwall's Fire Brigades''. St. Columb: I. Rabey * 1984: ''The Silver Ball: the story of hurling at St Columb'' * 1988: ''When Bombs Fell: the air-raids on Cornwall during the Second World War''. St. Columb: I. Rabey (with Phyllis M. Rowe) * 1996: ''From St. Columb to the Sea: a guide to St. Columb Major, the Vale of Lanherne, St. Mawgan-in-Pydar and Mawgan Porth''. St. Columb: I. Rabey * 1998: ''Cornwall County Fire Brigade 1948 - 1998: the first 50 years''. St. Columb: I. Rabey * 2003: ''The Centenary of St. Columb Fire Brigade, 1903-2003''. St Columb: he Author

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1931 births 2008 deaths People from St Columb Major Bards of Gorsedh Kernow Writers from Cornwall Historians of Cornwall {{Cornwall-stub