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Who was in Ireland

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#32 22-05-2009 3:44am
MarchDub

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malman wrote: »

Here's a quote from Barry:Quote:
Archaeology presents us with a perplexing picture, one which is largely at variance with that presented by philology, early Irish history, folklore and tradition. It seems almost heretical to insist theat a Celtic invasion of Ireland never happened. ... Perhaps there was, indeed, a migration of 'Celts' to Ireland. The only problem is, archaeology cannot prove it.

Raftery has been asked to explain that quote a number of times - especially as Simon James quoted it out of context- and he always insists [at least when I heard him] that he was making the point that archeology cannot support the notion of a Celtic invasion. In fact, it was Raftery's father who led the way in the breaking of the myth back in the 1960s saying that there was little evidence of an Celtic invasion in Ireland.

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