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From: "Inger E" <>
Subject: Re: Oppida in Irish Culture; was: Ancient Irish 'Pedigrees' (was Re: History & Genealogy or the Mathematical Study of Genealogy?)
Date: Sat, 04 May 2002 20:23:58 GMT
References: <3CD40E67.1020900@dcn.davis.ca.us>, <3CD43DF6.E081F79F@eircom.net>, <9df8du8arck7ao4pkka4o9ao9mom1jag2c@4ax.com>
Doug,
if I am not mistaken, I don't have the books at hand there is a photo of one
either in Laing Lloyd's Celtic Britain or in Powell TGE the Celts.
Inger E
"Doug Weller" <> skrev i meddelandet
news:...
> On Sat, 04 May 2002 21:00:54 +0100, in soc.history.ancient, Matthew Harley
wrote:
>
> >
> >"Chris and Tom Tinney, Sr." wrote:
> >>
> >> Examples of Ogham date to
> >> 500 B.C.
> >
> >WHAT?
> >
> >Ogham used the Latin alphabet and probably started in the 4th century
> >A.D., you are about 900 years too early!
> >
> >But who cares when you're having fun making up history!
>
> I'd like to see the evidence for this in Spain. You can find many similar
claims on the
> web, but I haven't yet found one with any evidence.
>
> More proof that Tinney is just mining the web and doing no research. But
then when you
> know The Truth, research isn't needed. :-)
>
> Doug
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