John,

I can't hope to convince you (or anyone else) of this with a short
email. Let me just say that it is not my idea, nor a new idea, but was
being talked about by some archaeologists at least 20 years ago.

Martin Counihan



On 20/10/2015 14:29, BRIGGS JOHN wrote:
>> Martin Counihan wrote:
>>
>>
>> John, you are of course right, but you do realise, don't you, that a
>> language similar to archaic Irish was spoken throughout the whole of
>> Britain before the Iron Age brought Brittonic speech from the
>> continent?
>>
> No, I don't realise that - and neither does anyone else, for that matter.
>
> John Briggs