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unusual facts about Lower Brittany



Bleun-Brug

Bleun-Brug was guided mainly by abbot Perrot over a period of forty years, with the goal of maintaining Breton traditions and the usage of the Breton language amongst the rural populations of Lower Brittany.

Celtic Wedding

The album's liner notes state that the music was selected from a publication entitled Tonioù Breizh-Izel (Traditional Tunes from Lower Brittany), which contains over 3,000 tunes collected by Polig Monjarret, who collaborated with Paddy Moloney in choosing the tunes for the album.

Louis Napoleon Le Roux

He contributed to the bulletin Brug (heather) published by Émile Masson from Pontivy, between 1913 and 1914, which promoted socialist and radical ideas to the peasantry of Lower Brittany.


see also

Henry Hope Crealock

He illustrated Wolf-Hunting, or Wild Sport in Lower Brittany (1875), and George Whyte-Melville's Katerfelto (1875).