From:	Swordman <swordman@******.NET>
Subject:	[OT] A Celt by any other name... (was: help needed on
Date:	Thu, 31 Jul 1997 14:43:23 -0500

Nathan Ray wrote:
>
> In a message dated 7/31/97 1:53:54 PM, you wrote:
>
> >|Ummmmm, I've only seen the pilot so far but it seems to be a quasi
> >|historical television show about either Ireland or England during the
> >|year 500 when the Romans invaded and the Celts who fought them. They
> >|aren't doing much with historical acuracy on this one and the plot
> >|seemed weak but it may get better.
> >|
> >
> >Historical accuracy means little to morons in TV land.
> >I mean AD 500? They'd been in Britain well over 400 years by that point...
> >If they already hadn't left...
>
> Its Scotland... and fairly historically acurate... the Scots were always a
> thorn in the side for ALL the conquerers... Haiden' (sp?) Wall was built by
> the romans on the border of scotland,and as I remember, It took several
> hundred years...

So we have some who say Scotland, and I know some Scots who think It's
more Irish - I just say thier Celts!