The celts

Donegal Square is often referred to as “the Irish store”, which isn’t entirely incorrect, but it tends to define us too narrowly. In fact, we...

Terrible helmet. Not too sure about that source. Well it's from Wikipedia...

With settlements stretching from Ireland to Turkey, this Iron Age culture used their metalworking skills to build extensive trade networks with ancient Greece...

In a comment to last week’s post on children in Celtic law, Cassandra Page asked what satirists are. I started to answer her, but then realized it is far too complex a subject for a comment. …

Born Joseph Skelton in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, in 1865, the son of Thomas Simpson Skelton (c.1837-1911) and his wife Sarah Knott (c.1833- ). Thomas Skelton was originally a bookbinder and later worked as a photographer and in the photographic printing trade. A minstrel sings of famous deeds in this illustration by Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton […]

The warrior on the left is from the Urnfield Culture which was a Bronze Age group which were the ancestors of both Celts and Germanic peoples of Central and Western Europe also known as Hallstatt A and proto-Celts. Illustration is by Angus McBride.

Beyond the ‘barbarian’ tag, there was more to the historical scope of these ancient people, particularly the fierce Celtic warriors

Celtic Art - An Exploration of the Ancient Celts' Art History and Styles

Celtic Art: realistic illustrations of Celtic Mythology in the style of classic illustrators by howard david johnson.

Celtic Druids were a group of priests, esteemed and classed as the scholars of the Celtic clans of Iron Age Europe.