tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post66487203191626436..comments2024-02-24T09:14:44.403+00:00Comments on The Poor Mouth: Egil the Scally and Irish Basquesjams o donnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-75614954130840204762007-12-20T11:46:00.000+00:002007-12-20T11:46:00.000+00:00Recent studies suggest the neolithic Basques,whose...Recent studies suggest the neolithic Basques,whose dna is strikingly different to modern Basques,went through an intense period of intermixing with atlantic fringe Celts. This fits nicely with the groundbreaking Paleolithic Continuity Theory which scotches the old indoeuropean invasion theories(or,at the very least,their chronologies)and basically says the Celts have been in western Europe for a very long time indeed. Ancient Basque history itself is replete with Celtic or Celticised tribes and a plethora of Celtic toponomy,and more importantly,hydronomy.The ancient toponomy and hydronomy of the scattered Celtic communities are almost exclusively Celtic and lack anything identifiably Basque.Theomann´s attempts in this regard have been deemed highly questionable by linguists.The simplest explanation would be that the Basques were Celticised rather than that geographically disparate ¨Basque¨communities were uniformly Celticised.Nothing certain as yet but Basques can just as easily pose the same question "instead of being Basques we may be Celts instead!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-59736840653759739142007-12-09T08:32:00.000+00:002007-12-09T08:32:00.000+00:00It may be a while welshcakes!It may be a while welshcakes!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-65034098878226365532007-12-09T07:16:00.000+00:002007-12-09T07:16:00.000+00:00Very interesting indeed. Can't wait for your post...Very interesting indeed. Can't wait for your post on the Celts!Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-2580743847191798472007-12-08T09:35:00.000+00:002007-12-08T09:35:00.000+00:00Bloody hell Rolan. It must be asick joke or some w...Bloody hell Rolan. It must be asick joke or some walter Mitty type. I hope it's one of those twojams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-59077712654613067462007-12-08T09:34:00.000+00:002007-12-08T09:34:00.000+00:00Sean previous genetic surveys found links between ...Sean previous genetic surveys found links between the Irish and the Basques that could only be explained through common ancestry dating back around 8000 years. Instead of being celts we may bge Basques instead. Which is fine but I will never wear one!<BR/><BR/>Haha That's a good one Poons!<BR/><BR/>Ugh James, I should have read what I wrote properly before posting. I've made a few amendmentsjams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-23696447753092441312007-12-08T09:29:00.000+00:002007-12-08T09:29:00.000+00:00Off topic, but I got a post on my blog recently th...Off topic, but I got a post on my blog recently that is from a “group” that apparently <A HREF="http://butiamaliberal.blogspot.com/2007/12/youth-rights-militia-make-threats-right.html" REL="nofollow">supports violence against teachers</A> on my blog. It seems too stupid to be true, but there it is, and I think it should be something people see for themselves.Roland Doddshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17819155097718124744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-892405770766672882007-12-08T07:02:00.000+00:002007-12-08T07:02:00.000+00:00. Apparently a genetic survey of men living in the.... Apparently a genetic survey of men living in the Liverpool area indicates that it was once a major Viking settlement. <BR/><BR/>What do you mean, Jams? Of course it was a Viking settlement. They settled in Dublin and came over - that's just history.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-11118701914147236572007-12-08T00:55:00.000+00:002007-12-08T00:55:00.000+00:00As a Birkonian of the Potatoe gathering class of i...As a Birkonian of the Potatoe gathering class of immigrants I've been fascinated with these surveys.<BR/><BR/>As for Meols (pron. Mells) there was famously a guard on the local train who would exclaim "MeOlesMells" upon arrival at said station, so my folks reliably inform me.<BR/><BR/>Loveable (not)Scouse humour eh?TNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01410910830921809184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-67963101668007372792007-12-07T23:09:00.000+00:002007-12-07T23:09:00.000+00:00Whoa. This is definitively a matter one ought not ...Whoa. This is definitively a matter one ought not to judge about unless one has consulted De Selby ... :)<BR/><BR/>(Even more) Seriously, and focusing on just one dot: As far as I "know" up til know a Basque's black hair and blue eyes and the same (triple) spirals being found f.e. at Newgrange and in the Basque region (and on Gomera) have been taken as evidence for "Celtic relationship".<BR/>Thus, the DNA-similarity looks like another tessera.<BR/>(For me) A very interesting post. Thanks.<BR/><BR/>P.S. By reading the above you will easily detect that I am maltreating your language, Jams. Sorry for all grammatical mistakes that I do "feel", but can / could not avoid.<BR/><BR/>I shall try to improve. :)Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-64799911008368234862007-12-07T23:00:00.000+00:002007-12-07T23:00:00.000+00:00It would be a good place to try. if they did a tes...It would be a good place to try. if they did a test with similar criteria as the one done in the Liverpool area then it may turn up some people with Viking ancestry in Swansea. It would be well worth doing.<BR/><BR/>I'm feeling a lot better now. Thanks for your concernjams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-71648805004191258432007-12-07T22:27:00.000+00:002007-12-07T22:27:00.000+00:00I can never understand why Swansea is left out of ...I can never understand why Swansea is left out of Viking surveys. There is a possibility that out name started out a as Nial, a name picked up in Ireland before the Vikings were expelled. Swansea was one of their settling places... Sweynes Eye.<BR/><BR/>Hope you are feeling better.<BR/>A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com