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Mousehole is a village and fishing port in Cornwall, England. It is approximately 2.5 miles south of Penzance on the shore of Mount's Bay. The village is in the civil parish of Penzance. An islet call
Mousehole Harbour
Seaward view of Mousehole, showing the cave from which the village takes its name
The Mousehole
The Ship Inn
Dolly Pentreath
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Dorothy Pentreath was a Cornish fishwife. She is one of the last known fluent speakers of the Cornish language. She is also often credited as the last known native speaker of Cornish, although sources
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…Southern League Division One South. Penwith is believed to be the last part of Cornwall where the Cornish language was spoken as the community language. Dolly Pentreath, (1692–1777), popularly known as the last recorded speaker of Cornish, is often reported as being from Mousehole and as having a memorial in the village…
Dolly Pentreath by Richard Thomas Pentreath (National Trust)
Pentreath in an engraved portrait of 1781
Monument dedicated to Dolly Pentreath at St Pol de Léon's Church, Paul