Ireland Culture Question
Q.This is your chance to educate me. Why would it be expected that all Irish should support Irish football and not other non-Irish teams but one would choose to sort of disdain traditional Celtic art. Based on the nationalistic football reasoning, it logically follows that all Irish should support traditional Celtic art because its Irish and shouldn't the Irish support things Irish? Or is it just a case of -- we like tradtional Celtic art but that is not the only kind of art produced in Ireland? How do you Irish feel about being associated via traditional Celtic art, etc.? Are you sick of it or just the way non-Irish identify Ireland with it without realizing that you are in the 20-th century not the 8th?
A.Gallic Druids were possibly outlawed by the Romans as early as 35 AD, with Britain following by 60 AD. This was due to many possible reasons, including the Romans' abhorrence of human sacrifice (not likely, for reasons discussed in "Human Sacrifice") and fear of magicians discussed above, or the realization that by destroying the Druids, who were keepers of Celtic culture, the Celts would be more easily absorbed into Roman rule. The Romans were also afraid that the Druids had enough power to incite the people to rebellion, and realized that there was a great deal of treasure to be had by sacking Druid shrines - Roman records indicate the recovery of over 100,000 pounds of silver and almost 100,000 pounds of gold from a single sacred lake! So Druids had already been suppressed for almost 400 years by the time Christianity became the state religion. Ironically, many Druids joined the Church gladly after being outlawed, where they could still perform many of their functions, and have some protection from the Romans. But the Druids did not die out quickly - they are still mentioned in the 5th and 6th centuries AD, including references in Irish laws. The Celts made offerings of tools, weapons, jewelry, coins, animals, and occasionally (in times of great need or great gratitude) humans. They were practical in their offerings, giving less valuable items when times were good, but increasing the value when things got worse.
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