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From: Dan Hogan <>
Subject: Re: [Irish-American] 30th April, May Day Eve
Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 07:40:29 -0800
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Donald wrote:
>
>???? Surely is does -- exactly! The Canaanite peoples included folks from
>the Semitic linguistic-cultural realm [Hebrews, Phoenicians, Egyptians,
>etc.] AND peoples from the Indo-Aryan linguistic-cultural realm, as well,
>the best known probably being the Hittites ... as well as any of possible
>"mixes" of these linguistic-cultural elements, as well...
>
>Early on these peoples were trading -- and visiting -- such places as
>present-day Cornwall, Britain and Ireland. Remember the long-held assertion
>in Gaelic culture that the Queen of Sheba visited Galway -- possibly even
>several times. Indo-European inscriptions (pre-Old Irish?) in SEMITIC-based
>alphabet systems have been catalogued in these regions (including what would
>become the name 'Donald' in the Gaelic world and 'Daniel' in the Holy Land,
>and references to Bel / Baal / Beltanos/us, etc. The timber, mineral
>wealth -- including tin, copper, gold -- and other natural resources, etc.
>of these areas were much sought after and used in the Eastern Mediterranean
>well before the Romans AND so documented, as well.


Also, don't forget the story that many Irish are descendants of the union
of Scotia, the daughter of an Egyptian Pharaoh and an Irish royal who's
name escapes me now. Her name, Scotia, is where the terms Scottish, Scotch,
Scotland, etc come from. I have seen some people's genealogy where they
trace themselves back to Adam via this union, though they themselves are a
bit skeptical about it.
Dan Hogan

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