Celtic heritage
Ancient Briton traditions
Celtic heritage refers to the cultural inheritance of peoples historically associated with Celtic languages and traditions—primarily Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Breton, Cornish, and Manx.
The phrase typically evokes folk music, mythology, clan systems, and distinctive art styles like knotwork.
In North America, claiming Celtic heritage often accompanies St.
Patrick's Day enthusiasm or interest in ancestry: She explored her Celtic heritage through genealogy research.
The term can carry romantic or nostalgic overtones, sometimes attached to modern inventions dressed as ancient tradition.
- triskeleThree-bent-leg emblem
- Scottish GaelicCeltic language of Alba
- Irish GaelicCeltic language of Ireland
- Tuatha Dé DanannAncient Irish deity tribe
- Hallstatt cultureEarly Iron Age civilization
Cornish · Manx · harp music · tin whistle · sean-nós singing · step dancing · Welsh · Book of Kells · burial mounds · fairy mounds · illuminated manuscripts · druids · La Tène culture · Breton · clan tartans · torc · harp · moors
- Irish cultureshamrock, shamrocks, leprechaun, leprechauns, Irish dance
- European heritageEuropean architecture, wine, European art, cheese, European cuisine
- Irish-AmericanIrish-American, Irish American, Irish diaspora, Irish immigrants, Irish Catholic
- Celtic DiasporaIrish diaspora, Irish Americans, Irish ancestry, Irish immigrants, Irish settlers
- Irish AntiquitiesTara, standing stones, dolmens, cairns, ogham stones
- Northern SpainNavarre, Basque Country, Asturias, Galicia, La Rioja
Celtic heritageViking heritage
Ancestry from medieval Scandinavians
Celtic heritageRoman heritage
Cultural inheritance from antiquity