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Old 02-03-2007, 18:23 PM   #30 (permalink)
crooks
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Originally Posted by PubFather View Post
Ireland is interesting in its own right. Certainly not Anglo-Saxon, but significant Scottish, Norman, and Scandanavian influences. The cross/pollination between Scotland and Ireland is especially interesting - given that the "Scots" were originally from the North of Ireland themselves... and some theories state that they moved from Scotland to Ireland as part of migration pressures - part in due to the Romans...
Very true, We have a facisnating link.

Ireland is still more Celtic than anything else, but culture here has been influenced greatly by as you said the Scots, Vikings and Normans.
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