July

Early July
Tollesbury, Essex, England : Traditional 'Gooseberry Fair' activities.

Summer Months
St. Wenn and district, Cornwall, England : Traditional 'Cornish Wrestling Championships'.

July, date usually depending on tides
Peel, Isle of Man, England : 'Viking Festival'.

First Week of July
Llangollen, Denbigh, Wales : International Musical Eisteddfod.

July (dates advertised each year)
Inverness, Inverness, Scotland & Durness, Sutherland, Scotland : 'Highland Games'.

Saturday nearest July 2
Ambleside, Westmorland, Scotland : Traditional 'Rush bearing Procession'.

Thursday after July 4
Vintners' hall to Church of St. James, Garlick Hill, London, England : 'Vintners' Procession'.

Usually second Saturday in July
Tomintoul, Banff, Scotland : 'Highland Games'.

From Monday in third week of July
The Thames between Blackfriars and Henley, England : Traditional 'Swan-upping' festivities.

Sunday in mid-July
Aikey Brae, near Old Deer, Aberdeen, Scotland : Traditional 'Aikey Fair'.

Last week in July
St. Helier, Jersey, UK : 'Battle of Flowers'.

Last Sunday in July
Annual pilgrimage to Croagh Patrick, Clewes Bay, County Mayo, Ireland : Prayers said to St. Patrick, Patron saint of Ireland.

Annual pilgrimage to St. Patrick's Island, Lough Derg, Donegal, Ireland : Penances carried out and prayers said to St. Patrick.

Last Friday in July
Langholm, Dumfries, Southern Scotland : Traditional 'Common Riding' activities.

Celtic feast day of the holy hermit of the monastery of Culross, on the Isle of May, known as 'Serf'. Fifth century. Associated with Kentigern (13 January). A disciple of Palladius (7 July). Uncle of Lolan (22 September).

Battle of Gettysburg (1-3 July), 1863.

Native American : Seminole, 'Green Corn Dance' activities.

Christian festival of 'St. Thomas'.

Celtic feast day of 'Germanus' of Man, fifth century, Bishop of Isle of Man. Worked with Illtyd (6 November) at his monastery in Wales after working with Patrick (17 March) in Ireland. Believed to have been born in Brittany.

Marie Curie died 1934 of over exposure to radioactivity.

Phineas T. Barnum, circus impresario, born 1910.

Celtic feast day of 'Morwenna', sixth century. A relative of Brychan (6 April). Travelled from Cornwall to Wales. She is believed to have selected her place if work by carrying a stone with her, which some say was portable altar, and cast the stone off a cliff. Where it landed she set up a Celtic settlement.

Celtic feast day of 'Monenna', sixth century, founded A holy well can be found at Killeavy, County Antrim where the nunnery is said to have been established by Monenna. She was attributed to be similar in mind and practices of Brigid (1 February) and Patrick (17 March).

Gustav Mahler, composer, born 1860.

Celtic feast day of 'Maelruan', monk, Abbot, eighth century, established a monastery at Tallaght, County Wicklow. A disciple of Samthann (18 December). Associated with Oengus the Culdee (11 March). It is said that he advised a vegetarian diet, only water to drink, and avoidance of missionary travel. Died in 792. The following is taken from the 'Martyrology of Tallaght':

Celtic feast day of 'Palladius', fourth-fifth century. It has been suggested that Germanus of Auxerre (31 July) is the same person and that he established a church at Fordun, Aberdeen, Scotland. Associated with Serf (1 July). Died 432.

Celtic feast day of 'Kilian', monk, Irish, seventh century. Travelled to Germany on missionary work with seven companions where he was murdered

Lady Jane Grey proclaimed Queen of England to be executed nine days later in 1553.