Julyan Holmes (20/11/1948 - 17/08/2024) was a
Cornish scholar
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and
poet
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. Born in 1948, Holmes has worked on such topics as
Cornish placenames
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, the
Prophecy of Merlin
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of
John of Cornwall, and the writings of the
Penwith
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School.
He was married to
Loveday Carlyon,
[ https://www.legacy.com/uk/obituaries/tindle_cornwall-uk/name/julyan-holmes-obituary?id=56261290] former leader of
Mebyon Kernow
Mebyon Kernow – The Party for Cornwall (, MK; Cornish language, Cornish for ''Sons of Cornwall'') is a Cornish nationalism, Cornish nationalist, Left-wing politics, centre-left political party in Cornwall, in southwestern Britain. It currentl ...
, and was a member of
Gorseth Kernow
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 Mo ...
under the
Bardic name
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The Welsh language, Welsh term bardd ('poet') originally referred to the Welsh poets of the M ...
of ''Blew Melen'' ('Yellow Hair').
Bibliography
*1973: ''An Lef Kernewek''. Redruth
*1983: Julyan Holmes, ''1000 Cornish Place Names Explained''. Redruth: Dyllansow Truran
*1988: Joannes Cornubiensis (Yowann Kernow/John of Cornwall); Julyan Holmes, trans. ''An dhargan a Verdhin / The prophecy of Merlin''; treylyes dhe Gernewek ha dhe Sowsnek a'n Latin a'n 12ves kansblyden gans / translated into Cornish and into English from the 12th century Latin . Gwinear:
Kesva an Taves Kernewek / The Cornish Language Board (full parallel English/Cornish text)
*1989: Julyan Holmes, ''1000 Cornish Place Names Explained''. Hyperion
*2001: Joannes Cornubiensis; Julyan Holmes, trans. ''An dhargan a Verdhin / The prophecy of Merlin'', 2nd ed. Gwinear: Kesva an Taves Kernewek / The Cornish Language Board
References
1948 births
Living people
Bards of Gorsedh Kernow
Cornish language
Cornish-language writers
Poets from Cornwall
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