Are the Irish genetically Celtic?
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Celt is not a race. It is not even sure if a people that could be called Celts existed. A Celt is a type of stone axe found in northern and mostly western Europe. It has also been found as a metal artifact. The Celt seems to have been a trade item. To label an area or people celtic is actually in reference to the instrument and the type of economy and culture that used it. Not to the people themselves.\nWiki has a stub of an article started;\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celt_(tool)\n\nCelts have also been found in North America associated with native cultures of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, to refer to these cultures as Celtic goes against popular usage of the term to mean Gaelic so much that it is not used.\n\nIrish, Scots, Britons and Bretons are better refered to as Gauls or Gaels and the culture as Gaelic, the same as the language group that they share.
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Well, yeah!--Half Cherokee and half Irish! When the Cherokee were forced to walk "The Trail of Tears" there were many who managed to hide in the Great Smokey Mountains and didn't go West with the others. So, there are Cherokee spread out from the east coast to Texas. The Eastern Band are in North Carolina. They married a lot of the Irish settlers who liked the green hills of the Appalachian Mountains because they looked so much like the green hills of Ireland. That's why there are so many Cherokee/Irish people in the southeastern part of the USA. \nIrish tempers go on Warpaths!!
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Yes their ancestors were.
58381
My fiancee was of of Irish decent.  A very pretty lady, but she died a bit over a week ago before we were to get married.  I loved her very much and miss her alot.
461705
Yes the same as the Irish who were valued for far less than other races in the 1800's in the US. Enough already.....\n\nIf you don't believe this, look it up.
525334
Technically the Irish were first. In Scotland there were Picts, they didn`t become SCOTTISH until later.
582227
I'm from Ireland Can i please have the 10 points coz im the only Irish person to answer this question and everybody loves the Irish People. I really am Irish You can ask me anything! ;-]
664283
They might sound Irish if the role they're\nplaying is a leprechaun.
812646
she's irish and cherokee...so she's a mix.  she also has some jewish and english (england) heritage.
416786
Many mixed race people have Irish descent!  There just may be other nationalities tossed in such as French or English.
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The most fundamental Irish are Irish Americans (40 Million of them).\nNo, as a whole americans don't think that Ireland is violent.\nI completely agree with you (so does the whole nation).\nBeing Irish, I think you should visit the outlined sources:\n\nhttp://www.ira.ie\n\nhttp://www.sinnfein.ie\n\nhttp://www.irishhistory.ie\n\nhttp://www.ireland.ie\n\nGood Luck!
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If you are talking about Native Americans, then I would say they are both about as bad-tempered. How do I know? I am Irish and my husband is Native American. However, we've learned to "cool it" over the years. Irish and Native American also seem to have equally bad problems with alcohol. We are both abstainers, but we have the same severe alcoholism in our family backgrounds. Like my husband says: "Irish and Indian, they's a lot alike!"
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"Where did his ancestors come from?" would have been a better way of asking it. I believe he is of Irish decent.
493254
Gaelic could be Scottish Gaelic and Irish is Irish Gaelic? I'm not sure but there maybe a Welsh Gaelic too.
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None.  Every "race" or tribe has had wars/conflicts since before recorded history.  And just like today, most of the conflicts were over land and resources.\n\nPS.  The Irish have had lots of wars in thier long history.  Just because a country is new does not mean the people are.
997146
shouldn't it be Celtic?\n\nIn any case, take a picture of it, upload to http://www.imageshack.us/ , post link here
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Doesn't seem to be any Celtic/Irish connection. His real name was Robert Leroy Parker.\n"Butch Cassidy (April 13, 1866 - 1908?), American outlaw, was born Robert Leroy Parker in Beaver, Utah, the oldest of thirteen children born to Mormon pioneers from England."