A quick Celtic run-down

■ The term ‘Briton’ originally applied to the Welsh, Cornish and Bretons, and was only applied to the English, Scots and Northern Irish in 1707, by the Acts of Union in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

■ If the invading Romans were to be believed, our island tribes were ferocious, bloodthirsty, barbaric headhunters. Roman writings describe blue woad-painted, tattooed, semi-clad male and female warriors bearing mighty swords and unafraid of death.

■ As invaders, the Romans were bound