Is "Black Irish" and "Celtic" the same thing?

Answer 1

no, Celtic refers to a tribe in Ireland "black Irish refers to Irish people with black hair and darker skin due to italian ancestry from when the Romans ruled there.

Answer 2

No. Celtic can refer to both Scottish and Irish people. Black Irish is a term used to denote southern Irish. The 'Black Irish' were originally a mixture of native Irish and the Spanish raiders who left the chromosomes for black hair with the local Irish population. Well, with the ladies of the local Irish population.

Answer 3

Black Irish - A term incorrectly describing people in Ireland descended from Spanish survivors of the wreck of the Spanish Armada (there were precious few). The Irish with dark complexions are more correctly and possibly connected to the Firbolgs who had dark features and inhabited Ireland before the De Danann and the Milesians.

The term Celt refers to a member of any of a number of peoples in Europe using the Celtic languages, which form a branch of Indo-European languages, as well as others whose language is unknown but where associated cultural traits such as Celtic art are found in archaeological evidence. Historical theories were developed that these factors were indicative of a common origin, but later theories of culture spreading to differing indigenous peoples have recently been supported by some genetic studies.

Answer 4

No. Celtic refers to people from Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Cornwall in the UK. Black Irish refers to those Irish descended from shipwrecked sailors from the Spanish Armada who landed in Ireland, mainly on the coast but also inland, such as in County Clare. The documentation relating to the specific shipwrecked sailor whose daughter married a Shannon and the subsequent Shannon link to the New World is detailed in Colonial Families in America.

Answer 5

Celtic are called all the tribes or people that were living in north of France and British islands... truly i don't know what 'black Irish' mean??? never heard of that... but maybe you'll have your answer from someone else that know more
good luck

Answer 6

If you want to know more about "Black Irish", go to Google and type in the word "MELUNGEON". It will give you all kinds of theories and articles about where people thought the "Black Irish" people came from. I found some facts and theories that I had never suspected about my family heritage!

Answer 7

I always thought the "Black Irish" (also called "Dark Irish") were descendants of survivors of the Spanish Armada, who made it to shore after their ships either sank or were destroyed by the weather.