Ivan Rabey
Encyclopedia
Arthur Ivan Rabey was best known as a Cornish historian and author from St Columb Major
in Cornwall
. He was also a journalist, broadcaster and local politician. In 1974 he was created a bard of The Cornish Gorseth and took the bardic name "Gwas Colum" meaning servant of St Columb. He died on 21 January 2008, aged 76, following a long illness.
St Columb Major
St Columb Major is a civil parish and town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Often referred to locally as St Columb, it is situated approximately seven miles southwest of Wadebridge and six miles east of Newquay...
in Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
. He was also a journalist, broadcaster and local politician. In 1974 he was created a bard of The Cornish Gorseth and took the bardic name "Gwas Colum" meaning servant of St Columb. He died on 21 January 2008, aged 76, following a long illness.
Works (selected)
- Bugles, Sirens and Bells
- 1972: HurlingCornish HurlingCornish Hurling or Hurling the Silver Ball , is an outdoor team game of Celtic origin played only in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is played with a small silver ball...
at St ColumbSt Columb MajorSt Columb Major is a civil parish and town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Often referred to locally as St Columb, it is situated approximately seven miles southwest of Wadebridge and six miles east of Newquay...
and in CornwallCornwallCornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
. Padstow: Lodenek Press ISBN 0-902899-11-2 (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 ISBN 0860230589
- 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 ISBN 0950023558 (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 ISBN 0950023574
- 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: [the Author]