We could have a little council to discuss and promote Celtic history, language and culture, the northern Spanish regions are very proud of their Celtic origins so I could see them taking part as long as it's not political and just cultural. You have to remember that we're the last surviving Celtic regions so we need to work together to protect the culture.
Agree!!! Such a shame little to no unified effort is seemingly being made
The Celtic League and the International Celtic Congress both exist and appear reasonably active.
Yes I do completely agree, obv an actual union is stupid but fun to think about. But some sort of league where we kind of acknowledge we are all the last remnants of this group
T'wud be nice
Portofgael will b ours aganeee
Thank you for highlighting it's a joke. I genuinely find the "Celtic Union" thing really insulting.
Ireland fought for hundreds of years to be its own country, in and of itself. Scotland and Ireland are cousins, not twins.
Completely agree, I always love looking at the maps though. I would love some sort of thing like the Arab league where we work together to keep the identity alive and cohesive, but I would never want to give up my state's sovereignty
Get over yourself, it's only a map
We fought to break free from British rule, nothing else
Em. Wrong. Neither king NOR kaiser remember? And I said I acknowledged the map was a joke and OP replied to me agreeing so.
i think the relationship with wales is much more cousin esque, ireland and scotland are siblings imo, with the language continuum and migrations
Yeah that's fair, I'd agree with you there. My point still stands though.
The majority of people who colonised Northern Ireland were Scottish. 100% of these Celtic Union types are yanks who donât know their history but are high off the vibes.
I know! Sorry i know i posted this image but why does nobody talk about how scottish lords were the main party involved in actually settling ulster!
Why is it insulting? Ireland fought to be free from British rule. Itâs a member of the EU and has the Euro as the currency, so itâs not really completely alone. Nothing wrong with having some sort of Celtic alliance too.
Because that's a group of countries, not one state. The Celtic Union nonsense is usually wanting as a political state of its own, and that's what's insulting.
I donât think thatâs what people are proposing with this Celtic union
That's exactly what they're proposing. Why one Flag otherwise?
Is the EU one state ?
Bro what ?
Ireland is the most associated with being celtic
It has the strongest identity out of the 5 by virtue of being independent for 100 odd years
It has the largest population
How bad did England fuck you guys up that you can see a union in which you are the dominant culture and still think you're being attacked.
Like man who do you think posts this shit ? It's not O.O loyalist weirdos trying to dupe you back into Britain that's for sure. It's gonna be Celtic nationalists who want big font on a map, Scots and Welsh who are pissed at the shit UK government or Irish Ck2 players, it's not that deep
For the record I agree a celtic union probs wouldn't really work, although its a fun fantasy. I just think saying it's insulting is a weird take given the Irish would probs be pretty dominant in the union
All I'm going to say here is that that is not a post-colonial opinion. Which culture is the dominant one is absolutely not a factor in believing in self-sovereignty. I want Ireland to self-govern Ireland, nowhere else.
Fair enough I thought that might be the answer. I understand its not a post colonial opinion but I thought you were implying you didn't want to be colonised by brits again I was just pointing out that wouldn't be possible and infact the opposite would be more likely.
I still think being insulted by the concept is odd, iritated maybe but insulted, really ?
I think it's insulting that people think Ireland should be part of a bigger state when we spend hundreds of years fighting to gain independence for ourselves.
Thatâs right!!!!
Ireland is the most associated with being celtic
And funnily enough Gaelic Celtic culture was pretty different to the rest of the Celtic Cultures, so while being the most associated with being Celtic and people use Ancient Gaelic culture as the standard for the Celts it was of its own and quite different.
Maybe you should get youâre head out of your anal cavity
I forgot people are illiterate and can't read titles
I wasnât replying to you, Wanker. I was talking to the dude that gets his panties in a twist over a âCeltic unionâ. Why donât you go behave yourself neckbeard
Oh shit my bad lmao, just saw notification
See, when there's such a simple typo in your reply, I'm just not going to listen to you at all from here.
Can the diaspora finally come home now?
đ come on home brother
No, we don't have space for the world wide Irish diaspora which has a population of around 49,023,308
Invade america and take the east coast, this would he completely viable with Irelands staggering military consisting of a chicken and two cows
What about western Canadian Celt shit mix mutts? Asking for a friend.
Our invisible empire
When you think NI should stay in the union (the Celtic Union).
What?
You mean the region with 43% of its population being Gaels?
I'm so glad this sub hasn't fallen into racism. This sub reddit actually feels like it exists to preserve the culture of the celtic people, not destroy all that isn't celtic. It's rare to find that, I'm glad I have.
Im terrified if it does, I think its so stupid when people's only way to be proud of their cultures is by putting down other cultures. I want to keep this sub relaxed but of anyone is unironically racist it is permanent ban and removal
One thing all Celtic people have in common is that we like to argue amongst ourselves. Weâre too tribal. Itâs why we are so easily conquered in history. Clearly this is still the case given the comments here.
Well sorry guys there taking our Ireland now it's now referred to as united Ireland and there is a high chance that are government will now try to force us into a connection pack with the north of Ireland and England again. Please if your Irish you need to cop on and realize what they're trying to do to us Irish are one we do not back down we do not let others take our freedom I was a proud man of my culture now it's been wiped away and all avenues have been swept away our ancestors wouldn't have taken a dam nickel of this so why do we. Love ye all please be safe and remember Ur not alone
Is..... that spelling on purpose?
don't forget newfoundland!
Thatâs not a dream, thatâs a nightmare
The flag certainly is lol
Would implode after about 30 seconds
Wales will never break from the union. They seem quite happy under the thumb of Saxe-Coburg.
Not actual Welsh people. We arenât happy. We have too many English living here for us to be able to vote against it.
Itâs nice to dream. No harm in it. But..,
The Scotâs are more divided inside Scotland than what chaos we inherited from the colonisation of Ulster. But we would defo keep a few Ulster Scots happy with a Celtic union if we could agree a different nameâŠ. Celtic might go down like a lead balloon.
Wales, forget about it, I couldnât listen to them on about they being the true real rugby country in the northern hemisphereâŠyawnâŠ
But we can agree on closer ties to better weather down south. We can agree on that.
Iâm sure after a few beers we would all be friends or kick the shit out of each other, depending on the beer and weather. Invade and concur other countries?- no chance, we would be too busy making friends, as is our nature these days. See Scotâs on tour in Germany, great bunch of ladsâŠ. If we fielded a combined soccer team we might make it to the knockout stages. And drink all the beer in Europe đđ»
Some guy named Athelstan
Union with the Brits? Again? No thanks. We had a few wars about it and everything.
The English aren't in the club, which is what really matters
It's Presbyterian Scots who are the most anti-Irish of anyone in Britain, and they are included.
Union with the sound brits* not the angloids
80% unionist. Just slightly less than Paisley.
Who combined have less land or overall power than a single state like Texas.
Ok
So what? Only 4 countries in the world have a larger economy than California.
I would agree to a unionlike they have in the Nordics with the Nordic Council and like Mercosul down in South America. I think one between Ireland, Scotland Isle of Man, Wales, Cornwall and Brittany is possible. I'm not sure about Galacia or Astrias