Theory that \'Celts\' are a myth

[Conal]

but it does mean we might have mistakenly applied the term Celt to them ...

That of course depends on what you mean by Celt(ic). If it relates to Language & Culture then one could become a Celt as one could become a Roman if the language & culture was adopted especiallly if wholesale.

As to the Irish academic ... there's always one wanting to stand out from the crowd. Academics have egos too!

It's not the general English who are getting shirty (though in my view we are general a shirty bunch) its a clique of English academics.

the British Isles may well have been completely untouched by all of this (apart from cultural importation).

You will need to deconstruct Ceasar as he has given the impression that the "Druid" class met in central France to bear judgement and the like on the tribes there of, and that the place of origin of these types was Britain and that young men were sent there to study. Certainly the report of the destruction of the colony at Anglesea would need to be deconstructed as well. In fact you will need to discredit Tacitus, Cicero and quite a few others too.

I'm reading a mad book at the moment, just started it again ( i started it some time a go but stopped as I was not in the right frame of mind previously) which contends a large Belgic type settlement/oppida in Ireland. It's a self published thing so should be interesting.