The Druids were the scholarly, priest-like figures in the ancient Celtic cultures of Ireland, Scotland, and France (Gaul) during the several hundred years before Christ. They performed many rituals in the service of their animist religion, including human sacrifice. The Druids had a reincarnationesque-style philosophy that caused them to believe that the soul entered into another body after death.
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Celtic Park is in Derry- its a GAA stadium
The term "Celtic Tiger" was a reference to the Irish economy when it was very strong, not to Ireland itself. It came from the reference to some of the strong economies in Asian as being Asian tigers. As Ireland is a Celtic nation, the term used was "Celtic Tiger". The Irish economy is not as strong now as it was a few years ago, so the economy as it is now is no longer referred to as the Celtic Tiger.
Erin is a Celtic name and means "from Ireland", its also the ancient Irish name for Ireland
The Gaels originated from the Celtic tribes of Ireland and Scotland.
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An archdruid is a chief druid in Celtic paganism.
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The soccer club Celtic, is in Scotland, not Ireland. Celtic as a term can refer to things from Ireland when Celts came to Ireland.
The legend was that St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland may have a more literal meaning to it. Ireland at the time was Celtic Druid and not Christian. St. Patrick was very good at converting the Irish people to Christianity. One of the Druid symbols were a snake. So by converting the Irish people to Christianity, he in essence drove out the snakes (Druids out of Ireland).
Yes, Ireland is a Celtic country.
The Celtic Sea is to the south of Ireland and the Irish Sea is to the east of Ireland.
Halloween is related to the Celtic holiday of Samhain which is to celebrate the end harvest and the winter solstice
He was carried to Ireland by Druid pirates as a slave until he was 22 years old.
druid an doras ADDITIONALLY In other parts of Ireland: Dún an doras.