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From the Celtic History Newsletter: People usually don’t think of Spain when they think of Celts, but other than Gaul it is the only other place where the use of the term “Celt” is documented in antiquity in the form of names such as “Celtius” and tribal names such as “Celti Praestamarici.” Celts seem...
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From the Celtic History Newsletter: Crannogs are usually artificial “islands” that were constructed mainly in lakes, but on occasion in rivers. The name may derive from the Irish word for tree “crann” and may have referred to the timber palisades that protected such sites, or the timber foundations on which they were built. In...
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From the Celtic History Newsletter: I was planning on talking more about the earliest inhabitants of Ireland this month, but I’m moving that to next month. Since Tartan Day is coming up April 7th I decided to take a quick look at this new holiday to give people a little time to learn about,...
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by Marc Gunn Celts around the world love a good song with which they can sing along. Irish drinking songs are of that variety. They are fun songs, usually about drinking, that bring out the excited folksinger in all of us. When I sent a question out to my Twitter fans asking them what...
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by Michelle Osborne The story of St. Patrick’s Day begins around 385 AD with a man named Maewyn. At age 16, the Pagan Maewyn was sold into slavery, which brought him closer to God. He finally managed to escape slavery six years later and headed to a monastery in Gaul to study, where he...
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