Within 300 years the Celts' territory encompassed much of Europe, extending as far as Anatolia (modern day Turkey) in the east. As the Celtic peoples dispersed throughout Europe, their settlements ...

The Celtic people have lived across Europe throughout history, though today are best known as Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh people. Many most strongly associated "Celtics" as Irish. When it ...

Present day placenames indicate the extent of their influence: the town of Bala in Turkey and the city of London in England both have names with Celtic origins ... majority of people in present ...

"In pre-Roman times, as far back as the Bronze Age, south Wales and the Bristol Channel had been a key centre, linking together the Celtic people of Ireland, Wales, Cornwall and Brittany ...

The year's first sacred holiday, the feast day of Saint Brigid, is celebrated on February 1, marking the beginning of Spring. The Bogha Bríde or Brigid's Day Cross is the symbol of the day.

a harvest festival that the Celtic people in Europe celebrated as their new year, which fell on November 1. The Celts believed that the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead ...