Celtic Studies is the academic discipline occupied with the study of any sort of cultural output relating to a Celtic people. This ranges from archaeology to history, the focus lying on the study of the various Celtic languages, living and extinct. The primary areas of focus are the six Celtic languages which still survive, or have only recently become extinct: Irish, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Cornish and on the continent, Breton. Many consider the Celtic languages to be the least studied surviving branch of the Indo-European language family. The field has at this time barely been surveyed; this is due to the small number of trained experts.^{[citation needed]} Thus it is possible for relatively inexperienced scholars to make a significant contribution. This article is about the European people. ... For referencing in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Citing sources. ... For other uses, see History (disambiguation). ... The Celtic languages are the languages descended from Proto-Celtic, or Common Celtic, a branch of the greater Indo-European language family. ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ... For the Cornish-English dialect, see West Country dialects. ... Breton (Brezhoneg) is a Celtic language spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany (Breizh) in France. ...

As a university subject, it is taught at a number of universities worldwide, most of them, obviously, in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England and Brittany. Some universities in the US, Canada, Germany, Poland, Austria and The Netherlands offer courses as well. This article is about the country. ... This article is about the country. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article is about the historical kingdom, duchy and French province, as well as one of the Celtic nations. ... United States may refer to: Places: United States of America SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever built. ... Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Beatrix  - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War   - Declared July 26, 1581   - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain...

History

Celtic Studies as an academic subject grew out of comparative and historical linguistics, which was itself established at the end of the 18th century. Long before this various authors, such as Julius Caesar. had commented on the Celtic languages. In the 16th century George Buchanan studied Gaelic, while around 1700 Edward Lhwyd compared the various Insular Celtic languages and published the English version of a study by Paul-Yves Pezron of Gaulish. In 1767 James Parsons published his study "The Remains of Japhet, being historical enquiries into the affinity and origins of the European languages". He compared a 1000 word lexicon of Irish and Welsh and concluded that they were originally the same, then comparing the numerals in many other languages. For other uses, see Julius Caesar (disambiguation). ... George Buchanan (1506 - 1582) was a Sixteenth Century Scottish, Humanist theorist, see George Buchanan (humanist) Sir George Buchanan (1854 - 1924) was a United Kingdom, Diplomat who was British ambassador to Russia during the Russian Revolution in 1917, see George Buchanan (diplomat) Sir George Buchanan was a British civil engineer active... The Goidelic languages (also sometimes called, particularly in colloquial situations, the Gaelic languages or collectively Gaelic) have historically been part of a dialect continuum stretching from the south of Ireland, the Isle of Man, to the north of Scotland. ... The Insular Celtic language hypothesis groups the Goidelic languages, which include Irish, Scottish Gaelic and the recently extinct Manx, together with the Brythonic languages, of which the modern ones are Welsh, Breton, and the moribund Cornish. ... Gaulish is name given to the now-extinct Celtic language that was spoken in Gaul before the Romans, the Franks and the British Celts invaded. ... James Parsons (1705-4 April 1770) was an English physician, antiquary and author. ...

The Englishman William Jones famously postulated that there existed some ancient connection between Latin, Greek and Sanskrit in 1786. This would later be hailed as the discovery of the Indo-European language family, from which grew the field of Indo-European studies. The Celtic languages were definitively linked to the Indo-European family over the course of the 19th century. Sir William Jones Sir William Jones (September 28, 1746 – April 27, 1794) was an English philologist and student of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among Indo-European languages. ... For other uses, see Latins and Latin (disambiguation). ... Sanskrit ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ... Proto-Indo-European Indo-European studies The Indo-European languages include some 443 (SIL estimate) languages and dialects spoken by about three billion people, including most of the major language families of Europe and western Asia, which belong to a single superfamily. ... Indo-European studies is a field of linguistics, dealing with the Indo-European languages. ...

Celtic Studies in the German speaking world

German Celtic Studies (Keltologie) is seen by many as having been established by Johann Kaspar Zeuss (1806-1856). His monumental work Grammatica Celtica (volume 1, 1851; volume 2, 1853), composed in Latin, used Old Irish and Middle Welsh material to make plausible the connection of the Celtic languages to the Indo-European language family. In the creation of his work, Zeuss undertook a monumental study of numerous primary sources that had been neglected until that time. In 1847, he was appointed as a professor of linguistics in Munich. Johann Kaspar Zeuss (1806 - 1856) was a German historian and Celtic philologist. ... For other uses, see Latins and Latin (disambiguation). ... Old Irish is the name given to the oldest form of the Irish language, or, rather, the Goidelic languages, for which extensive written texts are possessed. ... Middle Welsh (Cymraeg Canol) is the label attached to the Welsh language of the 12th to 14th centuries, of which much more remains than for any earlier period. ... Proto-Indo-European Indo-European studies The Indo-European languages include some 443 (SIL estimate) languages and dialects spoken by about three billion people, including most of the major language families of Europe and western Asia, which belong to a single superfamily. ... For the journal, see Linguistics (journal). ... For other uses, see Munich (disambiguation). ...

Until the middle of the 19th century, Celtic Studies progressed largely as a subfield of linguistics. Franz Bopp (1791-1867) carried out further studies in comparative linguistics to link the Celtic languages to the Proto-Indo-European language. He is credited with having finally proven Celtic to be a branch of the Indo-European language family. From 1821 to 1864, he served as a professor of oriental literature and general linguistics in Berlin. For the journal, see Linguistics (journal). ... Franz Bopp (September 14, 1791 - October 23, 1867) was a German linguist known for extensive comparative work on Indo-European languages. ... Comparative linguistics (originally comparative philology) is a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages in order to establish their historical relatedness. ... The Celtic languages are the languages descended from Proto-Celtic, or Common Celtic, a branch of the greater Indo-European language family. ... The Proto-Indo-European language (PIE) is the hypothetical common ancestor of the Indo-European languages, spoken by the Proto-Indo-Europeans. ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ...

In the second half of the century, significant contributions were made by the Orientalist Ernst Windisch (1844-1918). He held a chair in Sanskrit at the University of Leipzig, however is most remembered for his numerous publications in the field of Celtic studies. In 1901, the Orientalist and Celtologist Heinrich Zimmer (1851-1910) was made professor of Celtic languages at Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin, the first position of its kind in Germany. He was followed in 1911 by Kuno Meyer (1858-1919), who, in addition to numerous publications in the field, was active in the Irish independence movement. Ernst Wilhelm Oskar Windisch (4 September 1844, Dresden-30 October 1918, Dresden) was a German scholar. ... Sanskrit ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ... The University of Leipzig (German Universität Leipzig), located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony (former Kingdom of Saxony), Germany, is one of the oldest universities in Europe. ... Heinrich Zimmer Heinrich Zimmer (b. ... Alternative meaning: Humboldt State University, located in Arcata, California Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin (German Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) is the successor to Berlins oldest university, the Friedrich Wilhelm University (Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität), founded in 1810 by the liberal Prussian educational reformer... Kuno Meyer (20 December 1858 – 11 October 1919) was a Celtic scholar. ...

Perhaps the most important German speaking celticist is the Swiss scholar Rudolf Thurneysen (1857-1940). A student of Windisch and Zimmer, Thurneysen was appointed to the chair of comparative linguistics at Freiberg in 1887; the succeeded to the equivalent chair in Bonn in 1913. His notability arises from his work on Old Irish. For his masterwork, Handbuch des Altirischen (1909, meaning "Handbook of Old Irish"), translated into English as A Grammar of Old Irish, he located and analysed a multitude of Old Irish manuscripts. His work is considered as the basis for all succeeding studies of Old Irish. Eduard Rudolf Thurneysen (March 14, 1857–9 August 1940) was a Swiss linguist and celticist. ... Freiberg is the name of two cities in Germany (note there is also a Freiburg) Freiberg, Saxony Freiberg (Neckar) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. ... Old Irish is the name given to the oldest form of the Irish language, or, rather, the Goidelic languages, for which extensive written texts are possessed. ...

In 1920, Julius Pokorny (1887-1970) was appointed to the chair of Celtic languages at Berlin. Despite his support for German nationalism and Catholic faith, he was forced out of his position by the Nazis on account of his Jewish ancestry. He subsequently emigrated to Switzerland and returned to Germany again in 1955 to teach at Munich. In Berlin, he was succeeded in 1937 by Ludwig Mühlhausen, a devout Nazi. Julius Pokorny (1887–1970) was born in Prague and studied at Vienna university. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ...

After the Second World War, German Celtic studies took place predominantly in West Germany and Austria. Studies in the field continued at Freiburg, Bonn, Marburg, Hamburg as well as Innsbruck, however an independent professorship for Celtic studies has not yet been arranged anywhere. In this period, Hans Hartmann, Heinrich Wagner and Wolfgang Meid made notable contributions to the scientific understanding of the boundaries of the Celtic language area and the location of the homeland of the Celtic peoples. In the GDR, the Berlin chair in Celtic languages has not been occupied since 1966. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... This article refers to the city in Baden-Württemberg. ... Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. ... , Marburg is a city in Hesse, Germany, on the Lahn river. ... For other uses, see Hamburg (disambiguation). ... Innsbruck is a city in western Austria, and the capital of the federal state of Tyrol. ... Heinrich Wagner (born 9 August 1888 – died 24 June 1959) was a German chess master. ... Disambiguation Page Global Depositary Receipt East Germany ...

Today, Celtic Studies is only taught at a handful of German universities. Only Marburg, Vienna and Bonn maintain formal programs of study, however even then as a subsection of comparative or general linguistics. No Celtic studies research has taken place in the former centres of Freiberg, Hamburg or Berlin since the 1990s. The last remaining chair in Celtic studies, that at Humboldt University in Berlin, was abolished in 1997. , Marburg is a city in Hesse, Germany, on the Lahn river. ... For other uses, see Vienna (disambiguation). ... Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. ... Freiberg is the name of two cities in Germany (note there is also a Freiburg) Freiberg, Saxony Freiberg (Neckar) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... For other uses, see Hamburg (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... Alternative meaning: Humboldt State University, located in Arcata, California Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin (German Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) is the successor to Berlins oldest university, the Friedrich Wilhelm University (Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität), founded in 1810 by the liberal Prussian educational reformer... This article is about the capital of Germany. ...

Celtic Studies in the British Isles

Celtic Studies are taught in universities in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland (see below). These studies cover language, history, archaeology and art. In addition Celtic languages are taught in schools in Wales, Scotland and Ireland while courses are run extramurally in Cornish and Manx.

A notable research project is CISP, the Celtic Inscribed Stones Project, which has made details of the many inscriptions in Britain available on line. Work has also been carried out on the Celtic influence on the English language and on the Celtic elements in the place names of England. Books and publications on aspects of Celtic Studies are numerous, a notable one being that of Kenneth H. Jackson on "Language and History in Early Britain". This included chapters on all the types of Insular Celtic, including Pictish. Several journals on Celtic Studies are published including "Celtica" and "Studia Celtica". Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson was a linguist and phonologist and a translator who specialized in the Brythonic languages. ...

Sir John Rhys became the first Professor of Celtic Studies at Oxford in 1874. Henry Jenner was the initiator of the revival of Cornish while Robert Morton Nance had founded the Old Cornwall Society and Goreth Kernow in 1828.

Celtic Studies in North America

While Celtic studies programs in Canada are not as wide spread as they are in the British Isles several universities offer some Celtic studies courses (such as St. Francis Xavier University), while only two universities offers a full B.A. as well as graduate courses. St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto and St. Francis Xavier Universityoffers the only B.A. of its kind in Canada with a dual focus on Celtic literature and history, while the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto offers courses at a graduate level through their Centre for Medieval Studies, along with St. Francis Xavier University. St. ... The Brennan Hall complex at St. ... The University of Toronto (U of T) is a public research university in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... St. ... On the campus of the University of St. ... The University of Toronto (U of T) is a public research university in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... St. ...

In the United States Harvard University is notable for their Doctorate program in Celtic studies. Harvard redirects here. ...

Celtic Studies in the rest of the world

Areas of Celtic Studies

• Archaeology
• (historical) Linguistics
• Ethnology
• History
• Literature
• Religious Studies (see Celtic Christianity)
• Political Science

Celtic Christianity, or Insular Christianity (sometimes commonly called the Celtic Church) broadly refers to the Early Medieval Christian practice that developed around the Irish Sea in the fifth and sixth centuries: that is, among Celtic/British peoples such as the Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Cornish, Manx, Cumbrians (the inhabitants of the...

Notable Celticists

• Osborn Bergin (1873-1950)
• Ann Dooley
• Thomas Charles-Edwards
• Peter Berresford Ellis (1943-)
• Ellis Evans (1930-)
• Robin Flower (1881-1946)
• Sir Idris Foster (1911-1984)
• John Fraser (1882-1945)
• Richard Gendall
• Ken George
• R. Geraint Gruffydd
• Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson (1909-1991)
• Henry Jenner (1848-1934)
• Bobi Jones (1929-)
• Breandan O. Madagain (1942-)
• Kuno Meyer (1858-1919)
• Robert Morton Nance (1873-1959)
• Cecile O'Rahilly (1894-1980)
• T. F. O'Rahilly (1883-1953)
• Julius Pokorny (1887-1970)
• Sir John Rhys (1840-1915)
• Ailbhe Mac Shamhráin
• Thomas Taylor (1858-1938)
• Rudolf Thurneysen (1857-1940)
• Calvert Watkins
• Nicholas Williams (1942-)
• Ernst Windisch (1844-1918)
• Johann Kaspar Zeuss (1806-1856)

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Journals

• Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, est. 1897, Halle.
• Revue Celtique, est. 1870, Paris.
• Ériu est. 1904, Dublin.
• The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, est. 1921, Cardiff; merged with Studia Celtica in 1993.
• Etudes Celtiques, est. 1936, Paris.
• Celtica. Journal of the School of Celtic Studies, est. 1949, Dublin.
• Studia Celtica, est. 1966, Cardiff.
• Studia Celtica Japonica, est. 1988.
• Journal of Celtic Linguistics, est. 1992, Cardiff.
• Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies, est. 1993, Aberystwyth; formerly Cambridge Medieval Celtic Studies.
• Cornish Studies, est. 1993, Tremough.
• Keltische Forschungen, est. 2006, Vienna.

The Revue Celtique was a journal on celtic mythology published in Paris, France between 1870 and 1934. ...

Institutions offering courses in Celtic Studies

Europe

Austria

• University of Vienna (Celtic Studies (German))

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Czeach Republic

• Charles University in Prague (Centre for Irish Studies)

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Denmark

• University of Aarhus (Centre for Irish Studies)

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England

• Bath Spa University (Irish Studies)
• St Mary's University College, Twickenham (Irish Studies)
• University of Bradford (Irish Diaspora Studies)
• University of Cambridge (Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic)
• University of Exeter (Institute of Cornish Studies)
• University of Liverpool (Institute of Irish Studies)
• University of Oxford (Celtic)

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France

• University of Caen Lower Normandy (The Centre for Research in Irish Studies (French))
• University of Rennes 2 - Upper Brittany (Irish Studies Centre (French))
• University of Western Brittany (Breton and Celtic (French))

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Germany

• Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz (Scottish Studies Centre)
• Philipps University of Marburg (Celtic Studies prospectus (German))
• University of Bonn (Celtic Studies at the University of Bonn (German))

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Ireland

• Dublin City University (Fiontar)
• Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (School of Celtic Studies)
• National University of Ireland, Galway (Faculty of Celtic Studies)
• National University of Ireland, Maynooth (Department of Modern Irish in the Faculty of Celtic Studies)
• Trinity College, Dublin (School of Irish and Celtic Languages)
• University College Cork (Faculty of Celtic Studies)
• University College Dublin (School of Irish, Celtic Studies, Irish Folklore and Linguistics)
• University of Limerick (Irish Section of the Department of Languages and Cultural Studies)

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The Netherlands

• Utrecht University (Celtic Languages and Cultures (Dutch))

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Northern Ireland

• Queen's University Belfast (Irish and Celtic Studies)
• University of Ulster (Irish Courses)

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Poland

• University of Poznań (Department of Celctic Languages and Literatures)

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Russia

• Moscow State University (Department of Germanic and Celtic Linguistics (Russian))

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Scotland

• Sabhal Mòr Ostaig (Official Site)
• University of Aberdeen (Celtic)
• University of Edinburgh (Celtic and Scottish Studies)
• University of Glasgow (Celtic Studies), Association for Scottish Literary Studies

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Spain

• University of Burgos (The Spanish Association for Irish Studies (Spanish))

Sweden

• Dalarna University College (Centre for Irish Studies)
• Uppsala University (The Celtic Section at Uppsala (Swedish))

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Wales

• Aberystwyth University (Welsh/Cymraeg, Celtic Studies and Irish)
• Bangor University (Cymraeg (Welsh))
• Cardiff University (School of Welsh)
• Swansea University (Cymraeg (Welsh))
• Trinity College, Carmarthen (Welsh and Bilingual Practice in Early Years)
• University of Glamorgan (Welsh for Adults Centre)
• University of Wales (Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies)
• University of Wales, Lampeter (Department of Welsh)

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North America

Canada

• Cape Breton University (Celtic Studies)
• Gaelic College of Celtic Arts and Crafts (Official Site)
• Saint Mary's University, Halifax (Irish Studies)
• Simon Fraser University (Centre for Scottish Studies)
• St. Francis Xavier University (Celtic Studies)
• University of Guelph (Scottish Studies)
• University of Ottawa (Chair of Celtic Studies)
• University of Toronto (Celtic Studies)

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United States

• Bard College (Irish and Celtic Studies)
• Boston College (Irish Studies)
• The Catholic University of America (Irish Studies)
• Emory University (Irish Studies Program)
• Evergreen State College (Irish Studies)
• Fairfield University (Program in Irish Studies)
• Fordham University (Institute of Irish Studies)
• Georgia Southern University (Center for Irish Studies)
• Harvard University (Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures)
• Loyola Marymount University (Irish Studies)
• New College of California (Irish Studies)
• New York University (Glucksman Ireland House)
• Queens College, City University of New York (Irish Studies)
• Saint Ambrose University (Irish Studies)
• Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Irish and Irish Immigration Studies)
• University of California, Berkeley (Celtic Studies)
• University of California, Los Angeles (Celtic Studies)
• University of Notre Dame (Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies)
• University of Rio Grande (Madoc Center for Welsh Studies)
• University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) (Center for Irish Studies)
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Center for Celtic Studies)

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Oceania

Australia

• Murdoch University (Centre for Irish Studies)
• University of Sydney (Celtic Studies Foundation)
• Australian Institute Of Celtic Studies ([1])

Murdoch University is a university with its main campus at Murdoch, 14 kilometres (9 mi) south of Perth, Western Australia, along South Street near the Kwinana Freeway ( ). It commenced operations as the states second university in 1973, and accepted its first students in 1975. ... The University of Sydney (colloquially Sydney Uni) is the oldest university in Australia. ...

New Zealand

• University of Otago (Irish Studies)
• Victoria University of Wellington (Irish-Scottish Studies)

The University of Otago (Māori: ) in Dunedin is New Zealands oldest university with over 20,000 students enrolled during 2006. ... Victoria Universitys Kelburn Campus. ...

See also

v • d • e Celts Ancient Celts and Celtic studies Peoples: Names of the Celts  · Gaels (Early Ireland  · Medieval Ireland  · Gaelic Ireland  · Scoti)  · Brythons (British Iron Age  · Roman Britain  · Picts)  · Gauls (Gallo-Roman)  · Celtiberians (Celtic Gallaecia)  · Galatians Religion: Celtic polytheism  · Celtic Christianity Mythology: Celtic mythology  · Irish mythology  · Scottish mythology  · Welsh mythology  · Breton mythology  · British legends Society: Celtic calendar  · Celtic law  · Gaelic clothing and fashion  · Celtic warfare  · Gaelic warfare Diachronic distribution of Celtic peoples:  core Hallstatt territory, by the 6th century BC  maximal Celtic expansion, by the 3rd century BC  the six Celtic nations which retained significant numbers of Celtic speakers into the Early Modern period  areas where Celtic languages remain widely spoken today Celts (pronounced or , see pronunciation... Celts, normally pronounced //, is a modern term used to describe any of the European peoples who spoke, or speak, a Celtic language. ... “Gael” redirects here. ... Newgrange, a famous Irish passage tomb built c3,200 BC // What little is known of pre-Christian Ireland comes from a few references in Roman writings, Irish poetry and myth, and archaeology. ... The Early Medieval era in Ireland, from 800 to 1166 is characterised by Viking raids, then settlement, in what had become a stable and wealthy country. ... Arms of the Kings of Ireland1 Capital Hill of Tara (ceremonial) Language(s) Irish Government Monarchy High King  - 1002-1014 Brian Boru  - 1151-1154 Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair History  - Established prehistory  - Norman invasion 1 May 1169  - Flight of the Earls September, 1607 1 The Wijnbergen Roll dating from c. ... Scoti or Scotti (Old Irish Scot, modern Scottish Gaelic Sgaothaich) was the generic name given by the Romans to Gaelic raiders from Ireland. ... In the British Isles, the Iron Age lasted from about the 7th century BC until the Roman conquest and until the 5th century in non-Romanised parts. ... Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between 43 and 410. ... A replica of the Hilton of Cadboll Stone. ... Gaul (Latin: ) was the name given, in ancient times, to the region of Western Europe comprising present-day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river. ... This article covers the culture of Romanized areas of Gaul. ... Main language areas in Iberia circa 200 BC. The Celtiberians (or Celt-Iberians)[1] were a Celtic people of late La Tène culture living in the Iberian Peninsula, chiefly in what is now north central Spain and northern Portugal, before and during the Roman Empire. ... Celtic Gallaecia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Celtic polytheism refers to the religious beliefs and practices of ancient Celts until the Christianization of Celtic-speaking lands. ... Celtic Christianity, or Insular Christianity (sometimes commonly called the Celtic Church) broadly refers to the Early Medieval Christian practice that developed around the Irish Sea in the fifth and sixth centuries: that is, among Celtic/British peoples such as the Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Cornish, Manx, Cumbrians (the inhabitants of the... The nature and functions of these ancient gods can be deduced from their names, the location of their inscriptions, their iconography, the Roman gods they are equated with, and similar figures from later bodies of Celtic mythology. ... The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of its religious meanings, in medieval Irish literature, which represents the most extensive and best preserved of all the branches of Celtic mythology. ... Scottish mythology consists of the myths and legends historically told by the people of Scotland. ... Welsh mythology, the remnants of the mythology of the pre-Christian Britons, has come down to us in much altered form in medieval Welsh manuscripts such as the Red Book of Hergest, the White Book of Rhydderch, the Book of Aneirin and the Book of Taliesin. ... Breton mythology is the mythology or corpus of explanatory and herioc tales originating in Brittany, now in France. ... ‹ The template below is being considered for deletion. ... The term Celtic calendar is used to refer to a variety of calendars used by Celtic-speaking peoples at different times in history. ... Celtic Law The social structure of Iron Age Celtic society was highly developed. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... ==unique aspect versus other Celts is the reliance on a battle axe in earlier society. ... Art: Celtic art  · Triple spiral  · Celtic knot  · Celtic cross  · Celtic maze Modern Celts and Celtic Revival Celtic music  · Celtic nations  · Celtic Neopaganism  · Pan-Celticism (Celtic Congress  · Celtic League)  · Pronunciation of Celtic Languages Proto-Celtic Insular Celtic (Brythonic  · Goidelic) Muiredacha Cross. ... A modern form of the triple spiral symbol Triple spiral visible on entrance stone at Newgrange The triple spiral or triskele is a Celtic and pre-Celtic symbol found on a number of Irish Megalithic and Neolithic sites, most notably inside the Newgrange passage tomb, on the entrance stone, and... A classic Celtic knot pattern Celtic knots are a variety of (endless) knots and stylized graphical representations of knots used for decoration, first known to have been used by the Celts. ... For the band, see Celtic Cross (band). ... This article concerns those peoples who consider themselves, or have been considered by others, to be Celts in modern times, ie post 1800. ... The Celtic Revival, also known as the Irish Literary Revival, was begun by Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn and William Butler Yeats in Ireland in 1896. ... Celtic music is a term utilized by artists, record companies, music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic peoples of Northern Europe. ... The Six Nations considered the heartland of the modern Celts Celtic nations are areas of Europe inhabited by members of Celtic cultures, specifically speakers of Celtic languages. ... A group of Neo-druids from the Sylvan Grove of the OBOD at Stonehenge on the morning of the summer solstice 2005. ... Pan-Celticism is the name given to a variety of movements that espouse greater contact between the various Celtic countries. ... The International Celtic Congress is a cultural organisation that seeks to promote the Celtic languagues of the nations of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall and the Isle of Man. ... The Celtic League is a political and cultural organisation in the modern Celtic nations of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall and the Isle of Man. ... The pronunciation of the words Celt and Celtic in their various meanings has been surrounded by some confusion: the initial, <c> can be realised either as /k/ or as /s/. Both can be justified philologically and both are correct in terms of English prescriptive usage. ... The Proto-Celtic language, also called Common Celtic, is the putative ancestor of all the known Celtic languages. ... The Insular Celtic language hypothesis groups the Goidelic languages, which include Irish, Scottish Gaelic and the recently extinct Manx, together with the Brythonic languages, of which the modern ones are Welsh, Breton, and the moribund Cornish. ... The Brythonic languages (or Brittonic languages) form one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic language family. ... The Goidelic languages (also sometimes called, particularly in colloquial situations, the Gaelic languages or collectively Gaelic) have historically been part of a dialect continuum stretching from the south of Ireland, the Isle of Man, to the north of Scotland. ... Continental Celtic (Celtiberian  · Gaulish  · Galatian  · Lepontic  · Noric) Celtic Festivals Samhain  · Imbolc  · Beltane  · Lughnasadh Lists List of Celtic tribes · List of Celtic deities · List of Celts · List of English words of Celtic origin

The Continental Celtic languages are those Celtic languages that are neither Goidelic nor Brythonic. ... Celtiberian (also Hispano-Celtic) is an extinct Celtic language spoken by the Celtiberians in northern Spain before and during the Roman Empire. ... Gaulish is the name given to the Celtic language that was spoken in Gaul before the Vulgar Latin of the late Roman Empire became dominant in Roman Gaul. ... Galatian is an extinct Celtic language once spoken in Galatia in Asia Minor (modern Turkey) from the 3rd century BC up to the 4th century AD. Of the language only a few glosses and brief comments in classical writers and scattered names on inscriptions survive. ... Lepontic is an extinct Celtic language that was once spoken in Northern Italy between 700 BCE and 400 BCE. The language is only known from a few inscriptions discovered that were written in a variety of the Northern Italic alphabet, which was related to the Old Italic alphabet. ... Noric language was the ancient Celtic language spoken in the Roman province of Noricum. ... The term Celtic calendar is used to refer to a variety of calendars used by Celtic-speaking peoples at different times in history. ... Look up Samhain in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Imbolc is one of the four principal festivals of the Irish calendar, celebrated either at the beginning of February or at the first local signs of Spring. ... This article is about the Gaelic holiday. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This is a list of Celtic tribes and associated celtic peoples with their geographical localization. ... The gods and goddesses of Celtic mythology are known from a variety of sources. ... See: list of Scots list of Irish people list of Welsh people list of English people list of Breton people Celt Category: Lists of people by ancestry ... A list of English language words derived from Celtic languages. ...

External links

• Finding the Celtic project (FtC)