Sur les origines celtiques de l'Irlande

Reflections on the Celtic origins of Ireland Recent research on the prehistory and most ancient past concerning the beginnings of the celtisation of Western countries has now yielded some new elements. The earlier theory, postulating a very ancient celtisation more than 2000 years before J.-C., was never taken seriously. Nevertheless, it seems that the earliest indo-europeanisation took place at approximately that time. The hypothesis of a very recent celtisation -a few centuries before our era -can now be considered as implausible. The best archeological research of recent years provides evidence for concluding -with near certitude- that the celtisation in Ireland as well as in Britain occured during the last centuries of the second millennium before our era.Person Yves. Sur les origines celtiques de l'Irlande. In: Annales. Économies, Sociétés, Civilisations. 36ᵉ année, N. 2, 1981. pp. 263-279