Galway wanted to be fully included in Leinster so it had to be so.
There is a taste of sour grapes off that one.
Sorted!
Are the ancient Irish one of the lost ten tribes of Israel? -
Are the early Irish originally from Egypt?
Good question, mate - It would appear there are plenty of links to suggest so - linguistic, DNA, mythology, and some historical references. The early name for Ireland, Scotia, even took its name from an Egyptian princess - Hurling stems from the Egyptian game Hoksha - which is also believed to be the origin of the modern game of hockey.
I’m glad you asked that, a very important and little known fact.
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I came across this a few years back.
http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/sesostris-the-great-the-egyptian-hercules/the-story-of-princess-scota-princess-meritaten-african-roots-of-ireland/
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That’s the very lady - DNA from 5 skeletons found almost 4000 years ago show we share a common marker with old King Tut himself and the 18th dynasty… A marker that is only found in very few Egyptians today due to the Arab influx… Old Irish/ celtic languages share traits with Hamitic language of North Africa also… And there’s countless other connections… It’s very interesting and even more so when you consider the oral histories from thousands of years back are now been proven right by modern science… My North African looks mark me out as the descendant of these early immigrants to these shores while you pale fuckers followed suit much later.
I’d say your aul wan picked up that DNA on a sun holiday
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I’m of the original people that settled here, mate… the rest of you spuds are a rag tag mix of all sorts.
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I’ve been playing Hoksha for years!
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One of our own.
Is that you with the tiny mickey on the left?
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What’s left of it, the lad behind has the rest of it in his hand.
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Good question, mate…
There is some speculation that the Gaels were one of the lost tribes of Israel — The truth is there is nothing to confirm if these tribes ever even existed but old Irish certainly shares links with Semitic languages …
The ancient name for Hebrew for example is Ibaru - the letter H in ancient language meant the same as The or Le in modern language and was added Hibaru - Which more or less meant the elders (druids) - Look at the ancient name for Ireland (H)ibernia which as we know travelled through Spain - Iberia… Ibaru - Iberia - Ibernia - Making the Irish elders of Hebrew origin.
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Well done @ChocolateMice. I’m sure the 7/8 TD’s on regular publicity jaunts to Egypt will somehow be able to use this info to finally free Ibrahim Halawa.
Yes geographically you would appear to be right, the islands are nearer to the coast of Clare than Galway so you would be inclined to think the local Aran islander would affiliate themselve as Clare people not Galway.
Only a couple of weekends ago I was on Iniseer the smallest and while enjoying a nice creamy pint of Guinness I asked a local man who would have been in his 70’s I’d say what county were the Aran Islands part of and he said Galway, pointing out to him that Clare was closer he said it didn’t matter about that he said the Aran Islands were in the parish of Tuam. At the end of the day it all boils down to the parish they’re in.
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superb
Ara musha …
Do you understand Connacht Irish?