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Ancient graffiti proves Spain's Irish links
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| July 22, 2014
| Alex Dunham
Posted on 07/26/2014 1:35:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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The ruins of numerous ancient Celtic settlements known as castros are still present in Galicia today. Photo: Castro de Baroña by Feans/Flickr
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07/26/2014 1:35:07 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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07/26/2014 1:36:46 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
“Castro” was actually a Latin word referring to a large military encampment. The Romans, who were all throughout Northern (and Southern) Spain, used it to refer to the fortified towns of the Celts.
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07/26/2014 1:38:14 PM PDT
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livius
To: SunkenCiv
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07/26/2014 1:39:07 PM PDT
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Beowulf9
To: SunkenCiv
From the comments:
According to Chinese Communist Party law, this is evidence that Galicia, Asturias, and northern Portugal belong to Ireland. Ireland should begin mobilization immediately.
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07/26/2014 1:43:34 PM PDT
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Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
To: SunkenCiv
Graffiti says R1b wuz here.
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07/26/2014 1:45:20 PM PDT
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Theoria
(I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
To: SunkenCiv
I drew my initials in the wet cement that the city poured fixing our sidewalk. My fame will live forever...
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07/26/2014 1:48:04 PM PDT
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Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/26/2014 1:48:06 PM PDT
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bunkerhill7
("The Second Amendment has no limits n firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
To: Zhang Fei; All
Mobilize the Guinness! ...the Irish Ale.
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07/26/2014 1:48:36 PM PDT
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skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a weapon...0'Bathhouse/"Rustler" Reid? d8-)
To: Zhang Fei
Send in Regiments of leprechauns.
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posted on
07/26/2014 1:48:54 PM PDT
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shove_it
(Directive 10-289 lives)
To: Zhang Fei
Researchers working for a private association called the Gaelaico Project now believe they’ve finally deciphered what it reads: “An Ghaltacht” or “Gun-Free Zone”.
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07/26/2014 1:51:35 PM PDT
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bunkerhill7
("The Second Amendment has no limits n firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
To: SunkenCiv
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07/26/2014 1:52:11 PM PDT
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wolfpat
(Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. -- Cicero)
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Researchers working for a private association called the Gaelaico Project now believe they’ve finally deciphered what it reads: “An Ghaltacht” or “Press 1 for Gaelic, 2 for Spanish, 3 for English”.
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07/26/2014 1:53:40 PM PDT
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bunkerhill7
("The Second Amendment has no limits n firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
To: wolfpat
That is what I was taught.
The Gaelic people came from areas of France, Spain and Portugal and either fled to Ireland from fear (or defeat) of invaders, or as the result of exploration (likely a combination of both).
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07/26/2014 2:25:58 PM PDT
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Michael.SF.
(It takes a gun to feed a village)
To: SunkenCiv
So it was Gaelic before the 1300s, as were France, England, etc., and in the 1300s, there was some Catholic influence. It's an interesting article, but that's not surprising news to me.
"...the first written evidence of the northern regions Irish and Scottish heritage."
Alright. That's interesting in light of the invention of English in the 600s, about 700 years earlier. Maybe Roman influences kept the Irish fulfilling their duty to party much for all of those years.
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07/26/2014 2:36:21 PM PDT
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familyop
("Dry land is not just our destination, it is our destiny!" - -Deacon character, "Waterworld")
To: SunkenCiv
One really doesn’t think of the 14th century as “ancient.” It’s just “old.”
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07/26/2014 2:39:00 PM PDT
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Tax-chick
(No power in the 'verse can stop me.)
To: SunkenCiv
The Gaelic speaking folks much earlier migrated from Anatolia (north and northeast of Assyria) to the areas that became Scotland, Ireland, England, Wales, France and maybe more to the north (but not to the south, see Roman writings about, in their perceptions, the evil, elusive, barbaric Gauls). The Spaniards earlier on...? Carthage, Romans.
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07/26/2014 2:42:57 PM PDT
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familyop
("Dry land is not just our destination, it is our destiny!" - -Deacon character, "Waterworld")
To: SunkenCiv
I’ve always thought that the Moorish conquest of Iberia, then the reconquest of same to drive out the Moors did much to establish the current dominance of the language common to modern Spain.
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07/26/2014 2:52:54 PM PDT
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Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: SunkenCiv
"Up to now, Galicia, along with Asturias and northern Portugal, have been informally considered part of the ancient Celtic nations (Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Isle of Man and Cornwall) due to cultural and historical reasons rather than because of written proof."
Ah, I see. Asturias: part of Spain. So, will the extrapolations and speculations get southern whites whiter, and colors, brighter?
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07/26/2014 2:55:23 PM PDT
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familyop
("Dry land is not just our destination, it is our destiny!" - -Deacon character, "Waterworld")
To: SunkenCiv
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