The Gaels are a group of Insular Celtic ethnic groups native to Ireland, parts of Scotland, and the Isle of Man. They are associated with the Gaelic languages: a branch of the Celtic languages compris
The Emigrants, painting from 1844. This depicts a Highland Scots family in Gaelic dress migrating to New Zealand.
The Lia Fáil at the Hill of Tara, sacred site of inauguration for the Gaelic High Kings.
Scota and Goídel Glas voyaging from Egypt. From the 15th century chronicle the Scotichronicon.
A page from the 9th century Book of Kells, one of the finest examples of Insular art. It is believed to have been made in Gaelic monasteries in Ireland and Scotland.
The Celts or Celtic peoples were a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia, identified by their use of Celtic languages and other cultural similarities. Major Celtic groups included
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…language are first recorded in Ireland, suggesting that it first developed on the island. There is disagreement about when Ireland and Britain became Celtic. Some scholars link it to the arrival of the Bell Beaker culture in the Bronze Age, from c.2400 BC onward. This saw the arrival of people with…
The Dying Gaul, an ancient Roman statue at the Capitoline Museums of Rome, Italy.
La Tène–style ceremonial Agris Helmet, 350 BC, Angoulême city Museum in France.
Reconstruction of the Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave, Stuttgart, Germany, c. 530 BC.
Reconstruction of a late La Tène period settlement in Altburg near Bundenbach, Germany (first century BC)