Peter: You might find this information on the Celts interesting: "The Celts impressed the Greeks and Romans with their bold dress and powerful appearance. Generally characterized by classical observers as a people of fair hair, of red or gold, and fair complexions, (although the people of the British Isles were described as small and dark-haired) ......." Note the part where it says the people of the BRITISH ISLES were described as small and dark-haired... This comes from a website titled: Celtic Europe - An on-line resource for Students http://www.watson.org/~leigh/celts.html Also, I would recommend the a book called "The Celts - The People Who Came Out of the Darkness" by Gerhard Herm. Written in 1975, it is still a good read. Mary Anne Hanlon Smith [email protected]
I was taught at school that the English received their name through the Romans saying they looked like angles - Anglo, fair skinned, blue eyes and blondes hair, then the word was corrupted to English. Can't remember the lesson now, so long ago, so probably got some of it wrong, I can just remember the angle bit. Janice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 4:29 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-TIP] Black Irish > Peter: > > You might find this information on the Celts interesting: > > "The Celts impressed the Greeks and Romans with their bold dress and > powerful appearance. Generally characterized by classical observers as > a people of fair hair, of red or gold, and fair complexions, (although > the people of the British Isles were described as small and > dark-haired) ......." > > Note the part where it says the people of the BRITISH ISLES were > described as small and dark-haired... > > This comes from a website titled: Celtic Europe - An on-line resource > for Students > > http://www.watson.org/~leigh/celts.html > > Also, I would recommend the a book called "The Celts - The People Who > Came Out of the Darkness" by Gerhard Herm. Written in 1975, it is > still a good read. > > Mary Anne Hanlon Smith > [email protected] > > > > > > > ==== IRL-TIPPERARY Mailing List ==== > VISIT COUNTY TIPPERARY GENEALOGY: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~irltip2/ > >