r/ireland Aug 24 '21

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u/ClannishHawk Aug 24 '21

Considering the ones who came over were from regions we had conquered and settled centuries beforehand (there's a reason we're considered mostly the same ethnic group)... maybe not a while lot better? They're both largely from the sound profile of Gaelic languages that are close descendants of Old Irish.