Gallo
Gallo may refer to:
*Related to Gaul:
**Gallo-Roman culture
**Gallo language, a regional language of France
**Gallo-Romance, a branch of Romance languages
**Gallo-Italic or Gallo-Italian language, a branch spoken in Northern Italy of the Romance ...
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period ...
in northwestern
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
.
Population
Inhabitants of Plouha are called ''plouhatins'' in French.
Killorglin
Killorglin () is a town in County Kerry, Ireland. As of the 2016 CSO census, the town's population was 2,199. Killorglin is on the Ring of Kerry tourist route, and annual events include the August Puck Fair festival, which starts with the crow ...
in County Kerry, Ireland, since 1999
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Palas de Rei
Palas de Rei is a town in the province of Lugo, Galicia in northwestern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of A Ulloa.
According to the INE, the population was 3,268 inhabitants.
History
The history of Palas de Rei appears closely linked to mi ...
Plouha has many notable medieval sites ranging from chapels and churches to ''manoires'' and ''kers'', including The Chapel of Kermaria (''Kermaria an Iskuit'').
World War II
Plouha's beaches were the sight of several resistance efforts, notably as part of the Comet line, a resistance group that sheltered Allied troops and helped them return to Great Britain. The Bonaparte beach near Plouha was the site for the evacuations by sea organized by the
Shelburne Escape Line
The Shelburne Escape Line (1944) was a resistance organization in occupied France in the Second World War. The Shelburne Line, financed by the British intelligence agency MI9, helped Allied airmen shot down over France evade capture by the occ ...
and residents of Plouha. In 1944, more than 100 downed allied airmen were evacuated by
Royal Navy
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England
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