Ancient sources rarely mention Ireland at all. Tacitus remarks that the inhabitants were the same as those of BritainAncient sources rarely mention Ireland at all. Tacitus remarks that the inhabitants were the same as those of Britain
Tacitus never said anything like that. I've no idea were you got that from . He says its similar but not the same . As: as in insular celticInsular Celtic but q celticQ Celtic and not p celtic P Celtic.
As As well as, Agricola states the irishIrish are more savage than the britonsBritons .
The first extensive description of Ireland was in "The Ecclesiastical History of the English People" (731), however this book makes no mention of the Gaels, except as "Britons""Britons." The first extensive description of the Gaels is probably in the Book of Leinster (12th century).
Bede never said that .. The The book directly mentions the gaels and no wereGaels and nowhere does it state they are britons.. Britons.both irish Both Irish and other sources as far back as the greeksGreeks mention the gaelsGaels in ireland Ireland. Infact eire In fact Eire, the gaelicGaelic name for irelandIreland, is mentioned by the greeksGreeks in 300bc 300 BC.
At the present time, there are five languages in Britain, just as the divine law is written in five books, all devoted to seeking out and setting forth one and the same kind of wisdom, namely the knowledge of sublime truth and of true sublimity. These are the English, British, Irish, Pictish, as well as the Latin languages; through the study of the scriptures, Latin is in general use among them all. To begin with, the inhabitants of the island were all Britons, from whom it receives its name; they sailed to Britain, so it is said, from the land of Armorica, and appropriated to themselves the southern part of it. After they had got possession of the greater part of the island, beginning from the south, it is related that the Pictish race from Scythia sailed out into the ocean in a few warships and were carried by the wind beyond the furthest bounds of Britain, reaching Ireland and landing on its northern shores. There they found the Irish race and asked permission to settle among them but their request was refused
At the present time, there are five languages in Britain, just as the divine law is written in five books, all devoted to seeking out and
setting forth one and the same kind of wisdom, namely the knowledge of
sublime truth and of true sublimity. These are the English, British,
Irish, Pictish, as well as the Latin languages; through the study of
the scriptures, Latin is in general use among them all. To begin with,
the inhabitants of the island were all Britons, from whom it receives
its name; they sailed to Britain, so it is said, from the land of
Armorica, and appropriated to themselves the southern part of it.
After they had got possession of the greater part of the island,
beginning from the south, it is related that the Pictish race from
Scythia sailed out into the ocean in a few warships and were carried
by the wind beyond the furthest bounds of Britain, reaching Ireland
and landing on its northern shores. There they found the Irish race
and asked permission to settle among them but their request was
refused.
Bede is talking about the islandIsland of britain here itsBritain. Here it's important toto note that scottish gaelicScottish Gaelic use to be called irishIrish.
There is no convincing reason I know of to doubt the basic claim of the Gaels that they came first to Gadiz, where they built a base, and then to Brigantium in northwest Spain, then to southern Britain (Cornwall) and Ireland.There is no convincing reason I know of to doubt the basic claim of the Gaels that they came first to Gadiz, where they built a base, and then to Brigantium in northwest Spain, then to southern Britain (Cornwall) and Ireland.
There is no evidence of the gaelsGaels ever in britain Britain. The The only evidence is from a few small islands off the coast of irelandIreland which are considered part of britianBritian today but back than belonged to ireland Ireland. The isleIsle of manMan and angllyAnglly in scotlandScotland being cuttcut off from britianBritain were settled by the gaelsGaels as opposed to the britonsBritons as anglyAngly had a natural border mountains cutting off any cultural links that might have formed with the rest of britianBritian so it got its cultural influnce from irelandIreland as the gaelsGaels from irelandIreland settled there . Same Same with the isleIsle of man Man.
The Gaels claim to be the same as the Phoenicians, going from the Levant, to Egypt, to Crete, to Carthage, to Gadiz, to Brigantium, to the Scilly Islands, then throughout Britain. I see no reason to doubt this.The Gaels claim to be the same as the Phoenicians, going from the Levant, to Egypt, to Crete, to Carthage, to Gadiz, to Brigantium, to the Scilly Islands, then throughout Britain. I see no reason to doubt this.
The godielsGodiels were never in britian Britian.
No. Ireland, Britain and Gaul appear to be purely oral (non-literary) societies before Christian times. There are no "proto-Gaelic" peoples in Britain or Ireland because the Gaels are not autochthonous to those islands. They were invaders.No. Ireland, Britain and Gaul appear to be purely oral (non-literary) societies before Christian times. There are no "proto-Gaelic" peoples in Britain or Ireland because the Gaels are not autochthonous to those islands. They were invaders.
There is no evidence of any type of celticCeltic or gaelicGaelic invasion in ireland Ireland.no No archaeological evidence or any type of evidence . ItsIt's suggested by histrionshistorians that the gaelsGaels and britonsBritons are derived from the same origins and the culture coming here with the bronze age beaker people Beaker People. Around 2,500 bc BC. The gaels The Gaels settled in eireEire and the britonsBritons in Albion respectively .
