Irish versus Gaelic

[OC Richard]

both p-Celtic (Pictish, Welsh, Cornish, Breton, Galician) and q-Celtic (Scots/Irish Gaelic, Manx) existed as separate strands in Europe and both came to "mainland" Britain whereas only q-Celtic went to Ireland.

In Celtic: a comparative study of the six Celtic languages author D. B. Gregor speaks of a faint P-Celtic substratum perceptible in the oldest Irish literature. I don't have the book to hand just now, but as I recall he doesn't give specific examples. I need to get the book and check the notes.

[tky58]

As I tell people: my grandmother could speak Gaelic, my mother could swear in Gaelic and I knew when my mother was swearing in Gaelic.