I am a Celt !!!!

[Lias]

Now here's one for ya.

If you walk down the road wearing a "Maori pride", "Samoan Pride", "Asian Pride", "Black Pride" or whatever shirt most people wouldnt blink twice. Yet I bet anyone wearing a "Celtic Pride" or god forbid a "White Pride" shirt would be at best abused and labeled a racist and at worst have the shit kicked out of them.

Hell it wouldnt surprise me if this very post is labeled racist for daring to point out a good old fashioned bit of anti-euoprean racism (I can hear the screams from the lefites that only whites can be racist now)

[MisterD]

Yet I bet anyone wearing a "Celtic Pride" or god forbid a "White Pride" shirt would be at best abused and labeled a racist and at worst have the shit kicked out of them.

I'm not sure about that Lias, wait until Saturday and see how the whole world seems to want to be Irish...

Me, I'm mostly Yorkshire with a bit of bog Irish thrown in for good measure.

[mstriumph]

I am a Celt
- like every other living person my ancestory goes back not 40 nor 1400 years but to the dawn of time

all this chatter about clans and surnames is also a bit misleading

.................early Celtish ancestory, sucession and inheritance was through the FEMALE line

this system was common with less 'sophisticated' cultures for reasons which are pretty obvious if you think of it [and might save a whole lot of time, anguish and dna testing if we'd never abandoned it ]

[Dave Lobster]

Me, I'm mostly Yorkshire with a bit of bog Irish thrown in for good measure.

Does that mean you never buy your own Guiness then??

[MSTRS:Me]

My family history goes back 1400 years that we know of.

Family lines may die out, but if you are here now, then your lineage goes back to the first biped protohuman and beyond. Trace that if you can!

[Squeak the Rat]

We are all related to adam and eve. Adam shagged eve and had a baby girl. He then shagged eve again and had a baby boy. It's unclear who shagged who again in that little episode in history, but the law says it's illegal these days. Go figure.

I've a list of clans, both scot, irish and danish.

[Mr Merde]

Family lines may die out, but if you are here now, then your lineage goes back to the first biped protohuman and beyond. Trace that if you can!

Mmmmm. Can I have a week or two then?

[Babelfish]

.................early Celtish ancestory, sucession and inheritance was through the FEMALE line
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Great, I new all this talk about celtic ancestry would bring out the feminists

[Wolf]

I get pissed off with ignorant wankers who have no real idea of their own history, who then try to rewrite it for the sake of PC bullshit or advantage,

Ditto. There's so much fluffy bunny shit going on the world over, when in fact no race was "perfect" - not the Africans who turned the lush and rich area of Ethiopia into one of the most impoverished nations, the Native Americans who slaughtered untold buffalo etc.

My ancestors were head hunters and may or may not have practised human sacrifice at some time - they were certainly very warlike and, considering my mixed Celtic ancestry, different sets of my ancestors were probably at war with one another at some stage over land, cattle or both.

A real mutt, me - Cornish, Irish Welsh and Scot on my mother's side; Scot, Saxon and gods-know-what-else on dad's side. Also born and bred New Zealander as were both parents, all four grandparents and most of my great- and great-great grand parents.

Glad I live in NZ and to identify as a New Zealander and also proud of my Celtic ancestry and history - "Celtic Reconstructionist" Pagan as well.

[Wolf]

all this chatter about clans and surnames is also a bit misleading

.................early Celtish ancestory, sucession and inheritance was through the FEMALE line

Quite correct. Also, ulike the lesser races (Romans and Greeks) the Celtic women could hold titles, land and personal fortunes even after they were married - the whole McGuffin behind the "Cattle Raid of Cooley" (anglicised spelling deliberately used for clarity of pronunciation) was the king and queen arguing over who was the richest of the two - an argument you'd never hear in a Roman household because the wife was just another possession and, as such, couldn't possibly own anything...

[MisterD]

Does that mean you never buy your own Guiness then??

No, it just means I won't buy any for you...

[Mr Merde]

Quite correct. Also, ulike the lesser races (Romans and Greeks) the Celtic women could hold titles, land and personal fortunes even after they were married - the whole McGuffin behind the "Cattle Raid of Cooley" (anglicised spelling deliberately used for clarity of pronunciation) was the king and queen arguing over who was the richest of the two - an argument you'd never hear in a Roman household because the wife was just another possession and, as such, couldn't possibly own anything...

The Celtic rulers were an elected body also. No hereditry rulers.

If they did a bad job they just werent reelected or they were deposed.

Heads were taken as trophies and nailed to the lintels of their homes.

Ritual executions by strangulation.

All the good stuff.

Tall and if not blonde then dyed hair.

Colourful clothing, trousers.

[Babelfish]

Quite correct. Also, ulike the lesser races (Romans and Greeks) the Celtic women could hold titles, land and personal fortunes even after they were married - the whole McGuffin behind the "Cattle Raid of Cooley" (anglicised spelling deliberately used for clarity of pronunciation) was the king and queen arguing over who was the richest of the two - an argument you'd never hear in a Roman household because the wife was just another possession and, as such, couldn't possibly own anything...

I'm all for reducing arguments in the household

[u4ea]

Me too Blackadda, from Skye in fact. Apparently we used to make a fair living by way of piracey, inflicted on coastal trader vessels, sort of like a toll for using the waterway if you will. Family came here in 1860, because they were starvin, struck gold and spent a few years spending it

Under the treaty waitangi if you can prove you were here before it was signed you have right to claim!(think its under the sea and foreshore act)I am having a bit of trouble tracing the Danish vessels my ancestors arrived on..there is a few(buried) in Danniverk and Im looking for my piece of validation.Most maori back off bigtime when I tell them Im looking to claim as they know we have every right!!!should cost the government a pretty penny once the saxon,nordic,celt claims start flooding in !!!!!

[yungatart]

I'm a pure bred kiwi mongrel - a real mix of Swiss, Italian, English, Irish, Welsh, Scots, French and a hint of Maori - hXc is all that with a bit of Negro to add to the mix.... I guess that just means that I am a New Zealander, plain and simple ..... pretty much describes me really