Celts

lostexpectation

See the prog on c4 on sat, he asked

are what we think as celts celts?

and it was verrrrry long prog to find out

he basically said that the celts which expanded from what is now germany to all of europe from ireland to the black sea never called themselves celts,they were simply numerous disperate clans, he used the analogy of the colonials calling the all native americas tribes together, red indians...

but he still never suggested what the 'celts' did call themselves(individually)??

dathi1

That TCD genetic study at the end was a bit of a shocker....The genetic contour graph for Europe put us Scotland, Northern Brittany, Northern fringes of Spain as unchanged for nearly 6000 years?? that couldn't be true...very un PC in this day and age

Rhyme

Really enjoyed it and having taped it ill have to brush over it again... seemed to dwell on England a little too much, would have preferred more influence on their spread East as well. Also, my Uncle was in it

lostexpectation

who was he in it?

and where does anglo-saxon come into it?

valen

Ask a professional archaeologist, and he'll point out that there has been no evidence that the celts (as we no from the halstatt/le tene cultures) every made it to Ireland as much more than traders. Gaelic is similar to celtic languages; but likely split from it well before 2000BC (with some later importations).

It's not inaccurate to say that "Ireland is not celtic, it's Irish".

john