Gaels
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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.
Scottish people
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Scottish people or Scots are an ethnic group and nation native to Scotland. Historically, they emerged in the early Middle Ages from an amalgamation of two Celtic peoples, the Picts and Gaels, who fou
St. Kildans sitting on the village street Victorian-era Property of the National Trust for Scotland taken in 1886.
The Covenanters were members of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement
Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie
James Naismith, the inventor of basketball.