Irish Thought for April 30...

Timeline of Ireland

Circa 100 BC

The first of the Gaels arrived in Ireland, thought to have come from the Iberian penninsula.

Historians are often left to estimate when events took place in the history of Ireland because the groups of people from that time did not keep records of their history.  Their history and lore were only passed on orally amongst their groups.  Only through finding buried artifacts or through accounts from the Romans are historians given a basis on which to estimate the history of the people of Ireland - and many other cultures.  Furthermore, accounts given by the Romans can not be held as pure fact because the accounts were laced with the Romans' opinion of these groups of people who were thought to be barbaric.  It would be like me writing a story about my friend Frank.  The story would be held with only the information my own eyes and mind could gather.  There might be more to events or actions that took place that only Frank would know.  Plus, when we all see someone perform an action, the answer to why that person is performing the action is limited to why you or I might think that person is performing the action.  We might even have different reasoning because our minds might think of the action in a different way.