Portal:Celtic Studies

Topics Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Nature People Philosophy Religion Society Technology Celtic Studies Celtic Studies is the academic discipline occupied with the study of any sort of cultural output relating to a Celtic people. This ranges from archaeology to history, the focus lying on the study of the various Celtic languages, living and extinct. The primary areas of focus are the six Celtic languages which still survive, or have only recently become extinct: Irish, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Cornish and on the continent, Breton. Many consider the Celtic languages to be the least studied surviving branch of the Indo-European language family. The field has at this time barely been surveyed; this is due to the small number of trained experts. Thus it is possible for relatively inexperienced scholars to make a significant contribution. As a university subject, it is taught at a number of universities worldwide, most of them, obviously, in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England and Brittany. Some universities in the US, Canada, Germany, Poland, Austria and the Netherlands offer courses as well. More about celtic studies... Selected articles File:Blarney Castle 01.jpg Blarney Castle Ireland (pronounced <phonos file="en-us-Ireland.ogg">[ˈaɪələnd]</phonos> /ˈaɾlənd/; Irish: Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain. Politically, the state Ireland (described as the Republic of Ireland in cases of ambiguity) covers five-sixths of the island, with Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom, covering the remainder in the north-east. The population of the island is slightly over 6 million (2007), with 4.4 million in the Republic of Ireland (1.7 million in Greater Dublin) and an estimated 1.75 million in Northern Ireland (800,000 in Greater Belfast). This is a significant increase from a modern historical low in the 1960s, but still much lower than the peak population of over 8 million in the early 19th century, prior to the Great Famine. The name Ireland derives from the name Ériu (in modern Irish, Éire) with the addition of the Germanic word land. Most other western European names for Ireland derive from the same source, such as French Irlande, Spanish, Italian, Romanian and Portuguese Irlanda, German Irland and Dutch Ierland. More... Template:/box-header If you wish to add a section (box) using the regular codes, go to your portal page (e.g., [{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Portal:Computer and video games|action=edit}}]) and simply type in: {{/box-header| 1 | 2 }} {{ 3 }} {{/box-footer| 4 }} where "1" is the box title "2" is the article to be linked to.This will appear right under the title bar. You may omit this parameter if you don't want an edit link to appear, but you must not omit the pipe, for example: {{/box-header | Selected article | Portal:Computer and video games/Selected}} {{/box-header | Selected article | }} (no edit link param, note pipe still in place) "3" is again the article to be linked to (this will appear as a red link until first edited), for example: {{/Featured}} "4" is a link that you'd like to display at the bottom-right corner of the box. You may omit this parameter if you don't want an edit link to appear, but you must not omit the pipe, for example: {{/box-footer | [[Computer and video games|More about Computer and video games...]]}} {{/box-footer | }} (no bottom-right param, note pipe still in place) For more help with adding sections and other portal features. Template:/box-footer Template:/box-header No News Currently Template:/box-footer Selected picture Muiredach's High Cross, Ireland, early 10th century