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Category Archives: Celtic Studies
For Traveller Women In Ireland, Life Is Changing
Travellers, “the people of walking,” are often referred to as the Gypsies of Ireland. Mistrusted for the most part, their traditions and lifestyle are not well understood within the larger culture. Historically, they were nomads who moved in caravans and … Continue reading
Scotland’s Irish Origins
by Dean R. Snow Tracking the migration of Gaelic speakers who crossed the Irish Sea 1,700 years ago and became the Scots Ireland in the Early Christian period (A.D. 400-1177) was made up of at least 120 chiefdoms, usually described … Continue reading
Celtic Sacrifice: Galatians in Anatolia, Turkey
Following his death, Alexander’s empire broke up into smaller, competing states whose rulers sometimes hired mercenaries to supplement their own armies. In 278 B.C., King Nicomedes I of Bithynia welcomed as allies 20,000 European Celts, veterans who had successfully invaded … Continue reading
Celtic Festivals: Samhain (Halloween)
Samhain marks one of the two great doorways of the Celtic year, for the Celts divided the year into two seasons: the light and the dark, at Beltane on May 1st and Samhain on November 1st. Some believe that Samhain … Continue reading