📖 Ancient Restoration

Burial mounds were constructed by the Celtic peoples of Western Europe from about 800 BC. Common names for hills are '-briga' (Iberian), 'brí' (Irish) - Inside wealthy rulers were interred with items like jewelry, weapons, chariots, and wine. [Penycloddiau, Wales]

The Atlantic Bronze Age (1300–700 BC) was a time of bustling trade and cultural exchange in Western Europe. It is defined by bronze swords, spearheads, cauldrons, and the spread of Celtic as a common tongue, stretching from Tartessos to Brittany, Britain and…

The Atlantic Bronze Age (1300–700 BC) was a time of bustling trade and cultural exchange in Western Europe. It is defined by bronze swords, spearheads, cauldrons, and the spread of Celtic as a common tongue, stretching from Tartessos to Brittany, Britain and Ireland.

Tartessos in Southwestern Iberia was a Proto-Celtic culture with its own unique systems of writing, art, & beliefs dating back to 900 BC. According to Herodotus, these 'Celtic-speaking tribes' predated the classical world and the Persian Empire.

Tartessos in Southwestern Iberia was a Proto-Celtic culture with its own unique systems of writing, art, & beliefs dating back to 900 BC. According to Herodotus, these 'Celtic-speaking tribes' predated the classical world and the Persian Empire.

Pictish Stones had an impact on Gaelic culture - Note the similar curving motifs used in the Book of Durrow Lion and this Pictish wolf.

Book of Durrow, Carpet Page [fol. 3v], showing the cosmic spirals and interlace characteristic of early Irish artwork.

"Irish children with their pony 'Gypsy' in Clondalkin, #Dublin - a metropolis where cars still dodge horse-drawn carts hauling vegetables to market." - National Geographic, 1994

James Connolly wasn't really a threat to Britain as a revolutionary socialist, the British state can happily tolerate/fund marxist intellectuals and activists even to this day. He only truly became a danger when he embraced revolutionary nationalism.

James Connolly wasn't really a threat to Britain as a revolutionary socialist, the British state can happily tolerate/fund marxist intellectuals and activists even to this day. He only truly became a danger when he embraced revolutionary nationalism.

On this day: James Connolly and Sean Mac Diarmada were executed in 1916 following the events of the Easter Rising for sovereignty.