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From: "robert mclaren" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] R1b & 391/10 in Capelli study
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 19:14:45 -0500


Actually, this is a modern spin doctor trying to rewrite history. There is
no solid evidence to back up Campbell's claims and much that shows that
established history is correct on this issue.

Bob McLaren


> [Original Message]
> From: Havelock Vetinari <>
> To: <>
> Date: 12/1/2004 11:47:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [DNA] R1b & 391/10 in Capelli study
>
> Actually there may not have been an Irish migration to Scotland
> according to one archaeologist:
>
> Early spin doctors rewrote our history
>
> DAVID STEELE
>
> THE belief that the Scots are descendants of Irish settlers who
> crossed from Antrim in the sixth century is being dismissed as a myth
> by an eminent archaeologist.
>
> In a detailed research paper published by Glasgow University
> yesterday, Ewan Campbell argues the claimed migrations of the Irish
> into Argyll can be attributed to "a set of elite origin myths, finding
> no support in archaeological evidence".
>
> For many years Dr Campbell has been concerned that the received truth
> that Scots kings were descended from Irish invaders was not the truth
> at all.
>
> He has concluded any migration between the west coast of Scotland and
> north east Ireland was in the opposite direction to that previously
> thought.
>
> The doubts were planted in his mind when he took part in a excavation
> at the royal fort at Dunadd in Argyll in the 1970s. The dig uncovered
> strong evidence that this was the inauguration site of the early
> Scottish kings but gave little indication of any Irish influence.
>
> At this time, the kingdom of the Scots - Dalriada, consisting of
> Argyll and some of the west coast islands - was a centre of
> civilisation and trade.
>
> Dr Campbell said: "Looking at the site made us wonder, how did it
> start? It made us look at the original legends. If they were true you
> would expect to see Irish types of settlements and artefacts. When we
> looked for evidence of the Irish origin, there was none.
>
> Dr Campbell said of the accepted belief: "This apparently incorrect
> account was done by medieval spin doctors for political reasons - to
> further the claims to the Scottish throne of descendants of Kenneth
> MacAlpine. It was an early example of an Orwellian rewrite of
> history."
>
>
http://web.archive.org/web/20010723223003/http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/ar
chive/11-6-19101-0-51-36.html
>
> Best regards,
> Vet


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