MUS 004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Alan Stivell, Irish Language In Newfoundland, Work Song
30 Sep 2016
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The celts- ethno-linguistic group who goes back to the bronze age. The celts (during the 5th and 3rd century bc) populated a wide part of the british iles, france, germany, poland, and. The greeks called them keltoi, while the romans called them galli or gaul. The french gaul invaded rome in 387 bc. Later julius caesar invaded britain in 54 and 55 bc. In 43 ad the romans invaded britain again. Discussed in literary treaties and written notably. 432 ad st patrick returns to ireland converting the celtic population to christianity. 1171 henry 2 of england lands at waterford declaring himself lord of ireland. 1542 the irish parliament passed the crown of ireland to henry 8 and his successors. 2005 the european union officially recognizes irish as a working language. The irish government begins a 20-year plan to make ireland a bilingual country where everyone speaks both irish and english.
