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From: Doug Weller <>
Subject: Re: Oppida in Irish Culture; was: Ancient Irish 'Pedigrees' (was Re: History & Genealogy or the Mathematical Study of Genealogy?)
Date: 7 May 2002 15:19:07 -0500
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On Tue, 7 May 2002 18:37:49 +0100, in soc.history.ancient, JMB wrote:

>
>"Inger E" <> wrote in message
>news:QvPB8.5867$...
>> JMB,
>> I can understand that you are confused, I guess you never ever read the
>> Irish Chronicles and tales. I have, I am not confused. Try to get hold of
>> "Lebor Gabla Erenn" and "Annala Righachta Eireann". Read about Cessair,
>than
>> your confusion will be forgotten and the sun will shine.
>
>I'm confused that someone would launch into ancient greek writers, from a
>point were they are irrelevant. Last I checked, oppida in Ireland was the
>topic. Ancient Greece has nothing to do with that. As for the Irish
>Chronicles, don't read too much into them, they are mostly the invention of
>a few christian monks who wanted to link Ireland into the known history of
>the world at the time.

He couldn't deal with the archaeology, so he's throwing in lots of mythology to confuse
the issue (as he tried to do with the archaeology).

Doug
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