Quote Originally Posted by Philip S. Tibbetts View Post
Indeed the funny thing is that Celts as a ethnic group didn't really come across to Britain & Ireland.
You are back on your flawed idea that there ever was an ethnic group known as the Celts. They never existed. The grouping known as the Celts is specifically a language-based (with the attendant cultural links) grouping. There are certain remaining Celtic languages. Irish, Scot's Gaelic, Manx, Breton, maybe Cornish. Therefore the Irish are Celts. The Scot's Gaelic speakers are Celts. The Bretons, Welsh, Manx speakers are Celts. People who don't speak the language but share all the other aspects of the culture have some claim to being Celts. Germanic language speakers including English speakers are not Celts. Simples.