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PeterH Dec 8, 2005 19:15:42
Replying to StewardsofGondor

Why do you believe that there was a sizeable migration? Where from and where to? Have archaeologists found changes in housing structures and burial customs that signal a change in population?

Edward Lluyd also spelled his name as Lhwyd. He was a Welsh scholar and patriot and became the Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. He studied the ancient languages of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall and Brittany. He recognised that these languages had similarities and decided that that meant they were survivors of the ancient language of Gaul. Without being explicit, he announced that this group of languages was "Celtic" and published his views in 1707. No one know why Lluyd chose the name "Celtic".

S StewardsofGondor
StewardsofGondor Dec 8, 2005 22:00:36
Replying to PeterH

I would believe it because it has been in every book on the Celtic or on ancient Irish culture I had ever read. And until now no other theories have ever been turned up in my own reading/research. I find it difficult to believe that if the whole thing is based on the idea of one man. Surely the genesis of the idea would have turned up in a book before now. Why would you and the fella that ran the site be the only ones who find this out and the rest of us are being kept in the dark. Of all the professors of Celtic history no one noticed this flaw before? Of course none of this proves I'm right, I could well be wrong, and I will indeed do some more research over the Christmas. (I'm planning on doing a post-grad in Celtic Studies so you might just end up blowing that out of the water;P) I don't ever recall reading what the ancient Irish called themselves, do you know?

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