Keltic Researches - Studies in the History and Distribution of the Ancient Goidelic Language and Peoples #261416

The history of ancient and early mediaeval times requires to a far greater extent than more recent history the aid of various other sciences, not the least of which is the science of language.' And, although the first Object of these Studies was to demonstrate to specialists various unrecognized or imperfectly recognized linguistic facts, the importance of those facts in themselves is much less than that of their historical consequences.