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That's a good point - borrowings from Latin could be later than imperial Rome - but I think it's generally accepted among historians of the Atlantic region (aka the Celtic Fringe) that the influence of Rome and the Latin language went way beyond the boundaries of actual Roman rule.
 
Maddy
 
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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
There are many borrowings from Ecclesiastical Latin after the time of Palladius and Patrick.
I do not know of any from before but it is conceivable that trade items and terms may have been borrowed from trade contacts early on with Roman Britain.
 
There are words that evolved in Gaelic use such as 'kill" for church or monastic cell from the Latin "cella"

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