• They established in Ireland a century before Christ. They moved into Ireland in two waves: one directly from the continent into the west of the country and the other through Britain into northeast Ireland.

• The Celts weren’t the first inhabitants of Ireland: first immigrates lived in a primitive existence , second immigrates arrived farmers, third immigrates was a group of settlers and metalworkers. Then arrived Celts.
• They dominated Ireland for a thousand years resisting challenges.
• The Celts had the advantage of having weapons made of iron.
• Celts were a group of Indo_European languages.
• They are nomadic. They had established different areas of Europe.
• Stories depict an Ireland divided into five major kingdoms,Each provincial kingdom comprised a large number of petty kingdoms
• It was into this Ireland that St. Patrick brought the Christian faith in the mid-fifth century.
• The marriage of Christianity and Celtic cultures produced in Ireland a society that was essentially conservative;

• Local wars were frequent but not prolonged. The unity of the country was cultural, social and legal rather than political.
• It was basically a rural society with no cities or towns. While some of the more important monasteries
• the ëring fortsí of present-day Ireland are: The ordinary homestead of the farming classes was the ráth, often erected on a hilltop and surrounded by a circular rampart and fence.The kingís residence was of course more elaborately built
• Gaelic civilisation placed great emphasis on family relationships. The normal family group was the derbhfhine made up of all those who were descended from one great-grandfather. Each member of the king's derbhfhine was eligible to succeed to the throne. The ownership of land was also vested in the family group.
• The learned class formed a special group among the freemen. They included judges and lawyers, medical men, craftsmen. These were more than poets, They wrote praise-poems for the king on appropriate occasions.
• the learned professions tended to become hereditary.
• The Celts left many marks on Ireland and its people that have remained. Later settlers added to them and adapted them, but the core remains unmistakably Celtic. They now provide a rich inheritance for the whole people of Ireland.
• English became the language of legal, political and administrative life, and overwhelmingly the language of economic and commercial life as well. It was the language of literacy and liturgy
• Those who were successful or who aspired to succeed under the new English order abandoned Irish and adopted the English language as quickly as the opportunity presented itself.
• The heavy famine mortality among the poorer elements in Irish society dramatically reduced the population of Irish-speakers
• Gaelic is the Celtic branch of the Indo-European family of languages. About one person in five in Ireland can speak Irish today, but only one in 20 use it daily.
• Today, the term Celtic is often used to describe the languages and respective cultures of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall (England), the Isle of Man(UK) and Brittany. (France)The most spoken Celtic language in the world is Welsh. The term Celt, is pronounced Kelt.

Celts were established in Ireland a century before Christ. They arrived them into waves: one directly from the continent into the west of the country and the other through Britain into northeast Ireland. They dominated Ireland for a thousand years resisting challenges. The Picts in the north and other pre-Celtic peoples were overthrown. they became a part of the Celtic language and culture.

Celts were a group of Indo_European languages they are nomadic indeed they had established in different areas of Europe. They also had the advantage of having weapons made of iron. Stories depict an Ireland divided into five major kingdoms. Each kingdom comprised a large number of petty kingdoms. It was a rural society with no cities or towns. Local wars were frequent but not prolonged. The unity of the country was cultural, social and legal rather than political.

In Ireland St. Patrick brought the Christian faith in the mid-fifth century. The marriage of Christianity and Celtic cultures produced a society that was essentially conservative.

Celts had built some monasteries. they grew into centres with a large population, one has to wait for the Vikings to see the rise of towns as commercial centres.

The ëring fortsí of present-day Ireland are: The ordinary homestead of the farming classes was the ráth, often erected on a hilltop and surrounded by a circular rampart and fence. The kingís residence was of course more elaborately built. Gaelic civilisation placed great emphasis on family relationships. The normal family group was the derbhfhine made up of all those who were descended from one great-grandfather. Each member of the king's derbhfhine was eligible to succeed to the throne. The ownership of land was also vested in the family group.

The learned class formed a special group among the freemen. They included judges and lawyers, medical men, craftsmen. the learned professions tended to become hereditary.

English became the language of legal, political and administrative life, and overwhelmingly the language of economic and commercial life as well. It was the language of literacy and liturgy.

Gaelic is the Celtic branch of the Indo-European family of languages. About one person in five in Ireland can speak Irish today, but only one in 20 use it daily.

Today, the term Celtic is often used to describe the languages and respective cultures of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall (England), the Isle of Man(UK) and Brittany. The most spoken Celtic language in the world is Welsh.