Celtic People

http://www.indigenouspeople.net/Celts/

http://www.indigenouspeople.net/Gaelic/

“I dedicate this page to all my Gaelic friends”

“We are here and we do not plan to disappear. Our power comes from within and from our access to the Great Spirit.”

Gaelic Literature

Celtic literature may be literature about Celts, or elements of Irish literature, British literature or Celtic-influenced literature from elsewhere. Although often written in English, Celtic literature may be composed in Celtic languages: Irish, Welsh, Cornish, Manx, Scottish Gaelic and Breton or their older forms; literature in Scots and Ulster Scots may also be included within the concept.

The Gaelic Revival reintroduced Celtic themes into modern literature. The concept of Celticity encouraged cross-fertilisation between Celtic cultures. There have been modern texts based around Celtic literature. Bernard Cornwell writes about the Arthurian legends in his series The Warlord Chronicles. Other writers of Celtic literature in English include Dylan Thomas and Sian James.

The introduction of Celtic into Ireland has not been authoritatively dated, but it cannot be later than the arrival there of the first settlers of the La Tène culture in the 3rd century bc. The language is often described in its earliest form as Goídelic, named after the Celts (Goídil; singular, Goídel) who spoke it. The modern form, known in English as Gaelic (in Gaelic called Gaedhilge or Gaeilge), is derived from the Scottish Gàidhlig.

Who were the Black Irish?

Like many ancient lands, over centuries, Ireland has seen the arrival of settlers, explorers, ancient tribes, and clans of all different nationalities.

The existence of the Celts (tribes of people that shared similar traditions, customs, language, and culture and dominated Western Europe and the British Isles) can be dated as far back as 1200 BC. Yet, it is often stated that the first Celts arrived on the island of Ireland around 500 BC.

Over centuries, as groups arrived and fled, ancient Ireland began to take shape. The first major invasion—in terms of our subject matter—would have been the Norman invasions in Ireland in 1170 and 1172.