Alun L. Palmer wrote: > tray@lanset.com (Pat T) wrote in > news:6.1.2.0.0.20050815094505.00ba72d8@pop3.lanset.com: > > >>Here's an Item I came across............... >> >>September 05, 2004 >>The Irish are not Celts, say experts >>Jan Battles <Snip> >> >>Patrick Traynor. tray@lanset.com >> > > > This does fit with the Milesian genealogy, however, i.e. the idea that all > Irish are descended from one man called Mile (or Milesius in the Latin) who > came to Ireland from Spain. Perhaps there's a little grain of truth in that > after all. The Tribes of Britain by David Moles is informative and vere researched reading on the topic. MickG