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Re: Ireland, Scottland, and Freedom
Posted By: Olorin (host213-122-45-231.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: 9/29/2002 at 6:19 a.m.
In Response To: Re: Ireland, Scottland, and Freedom *PIC* (zeph)
: They orginally came via a land bridge between Britain and
: Ireland during the Ice Age. Farmers arrived several
: thousand years later by boat, probably from France.
: the Celts spread not by conquering but by spreading
: naturally, there was no real connection between French
: Celts and Irish celts besides a few customs and Iron.
: Ireland avoided two of the major civilisations, Rome
: and Barbarions, (Saxons, Goths, etc.). The Vikings
: arrived around 798 but never settled as much as the
: Celts, onl around the coast, they were pushed out in
: 1014 by Brian Boru, who had united Ireland (much like
: Clovis really) 100 years later the Normans invaded.
Well, Celtic culture was very strong and so the differing Celtic tribes (such as Britons and Gauls) probably would have got along fine.
However, those Ice-Age men were not Celts, Celts came after. They were the original inhabitants of Britain, probably nomadic hunter-gatherers, who git kicked out by the Celts when they arrived from Gaul.
And yes, Scots originated from Ireland, and no, there is no Pictland. :) Crazy world.
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