Ireland, Wales and the Scholar Who Helped Unravel their Celtic Connections
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By <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/simon-rodway-439239" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">
Simon Rodway[/url]
/The Conversation</p>
<p>Ireland and Wales share more than just geographical proximity; they have deep cultural and linguistic connections. And this year marks the centenary of a groundbreaking work which explored the relationship between the two countries.</p>
<p><a href="https://archive.org/details/irelandwales00ceci" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ireland and Wales: Their Historical and Literary Relations[/url]? was written by the Irish scholar? <a href="
https://www.dib.ie/biography/orahilly-ni-rathaille-o-rathaille-cecile-sisile-a6428" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cecile O’Rahilly[/url]? in 1924. Her legacy in the field of Celtic studies continues to resonate, 100 years after her book was first published.</p>
<h2><strong>Common Celtic Roots</strong></h2>
<p>The Welsh and Irish? <a href="
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Celtic-languages" rel="nofollow">languages[/url]? are close relatives, descended from a common Celtic ancestor. It seems plausible, if much less open to proof, that the Irish and Welsh also inherited cultural and literary features from their Celtic-speaking ancestors.</p>
<p>One striking example is the? <a href="
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Role_of_the_Poet_in_Early_Societies/VjtT7bPXCtsC?hl=en&gbpv=0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">role[/url]? of the professional praise poet, a revered figure in both Irish and Welsh societies. Classical authors note that? <a href="
https://www.britannica.com/art/bard" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">poets[/url]? in ancient Celtic Gaul (present-day France,
Belgium and Luxembourg, as well as parts of the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and northern Italy), held a similarly esteemed position.</p>
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