The Kilt's use in Irish Nationalism

[MacSpadger]

I'm not great at Irish, but I know that 'Celtic' translates as 'Celteich', which is the same in Scots Gaelic. And a similar word in Welsh,' Celtaiddh', Translates as the same.

Now, I dont know if these words are the original source, or have been formed from the English word 'Celtic'.
You're asserting that the only reason the word exists is for commercial purposes, so what would be the point of having it in the Gaelic languages? To see us natives back our own stuff?

I can't think of an instance where a gaelgoir would need to be convinced of the 'Celtic link', in other to sell him something from Scotland.

I'm not saying that the only reason the word exists is for commercial purposes, but it certainly helps.

The term has certainly lost a lot, (if not all), of meaning and can now be found in unlikely places. It's becoming rather pan-European, in these modern times the Asturians, Galicians, Portuguese, French, Swiss, Alpine Italians, Germans, Austrians and Belgians also claim "Celtic" roots.

The actual word Celtic was first used by the Greeks, Κελτοί (Keltoi) and later used by the Romans, (Celtus, Celti, Celtae). It wasn't until the 17th Century that "Celts" and "Celtic" were used the way they are today, and this was down to the writings of Edward Lhuyd.

The phrase was used by English speakers, particularly in the Romantic period and later translated/inserted into the Irish, Scottish, Welsh, etc, languages from the English term. Often these translations were done by the Celtic Twilight "scholars" that were to add so much kak to actual fact and reality. The irony is that originally the Irish, Scottish, Welsh had no inkling of or wish to be "Celtic" at all. They did not call themselves Celts, they did not know of the word or of anything "Celtic". They were what they were, without the need to dress it up.