<<From the book, A History Of England and the British Empire by Walter Phelps Hall, my daughter read the following sentence: "The last of these early invaders were the so-called Celts, the first of five conquerors--Celt Roman Saxon Dane and Norman--about whom there is some written knowledge."  First of all, we found this sentence to be a bit confusing--how could they be the last *and* the first?>> The sentence is discussing two separate groups of invaders/conquerors: (1) early invaders and (2) invaders about whom there is some written knowledge.  The two groups overlap slightly - the author is saying the Celts were the last of the early group and the first of the group for which there are written records. <<Does anyone know where the Celts came from?  Are they Irish? Scots? Welsh? or English? or perhaps their blood flows in all Britts' veins?   The book says that no one knows where they came from, but I figured since this was written in 1953 that perhaps something had been discovered since then.  Worth a try, right?>> The Celts originated in central Europe (broadly an area centered on south Germany /Switzerland /Austria /Czechoslovakia) and spread out from there in all directions - some got as far as Greece and Turkey, others to Spain and the British Isles.  Consequently their blood flows in nearly every European nation, though colloquially the term Celtic is usually used to describe the non-Germanic inhabitants of the western fringe of Europe who speak or once spoke Gaelic languages (the Scottish highlands and islands, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany and even northwest Spain). Matt Tompkins ________________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE AOL Email account with 2GB of storage. Plus, share and store photos and experience exclusively recorded live music Sessions from your favourite artists. Find out more at http://info.aol.co.uk/joinnow/?ncid=548.