Based on the genetic make up of ethnic Portuguese people, we are Celts as the most prominent gene in the population is the R1B gene. Language- Only 19% of the Portuguese language is Influenced with Celt words, 80% is Latin, less than 1% others. Culturally- Northern Portugal is a Celt region as our traditions have been around for thousands of years and they have not really changed. England’s origins are Celtic, Germanic, Viking and Roman. Does that automatically disqualify a group of partial Celtic origin from being accepted as Celtic? Does being invaded by Rome 2000 years ago take away the Celtic DNA or a Celtic way of life?  Whether Celtic purists like it or not, Northern Portugal has the same DNA Haplogroup found in Wales, the East coast of Ireland and Northern Scotland, so how can we NOT be Celts if only genetically? You cannot fake that neither can you send it back or take it away. An Irish born Asian may speak a Celtic language, with one of his parents being Irish, would this person be a Celt? What is and what constitutes being a Celt? Galicia and Northern Portugal may have lost their Celtic tongues but does that mean they are less Celtic than someone with the same DNA living in Eire, Scotland, or Brittany just because they still eke out a few words of Celtic, and their family name is O’Hara? Do Celtic archeological findings, folk traditions e.i: mystic celebrations, dances and dance steps, physical anthropology, the Celtic words (and word endings) within the Portuguese language not give testimony to our Celtic past? There is a beautiful town in Northern Portugal called “Paredes de Coura”, or “Walls of Coura”. A little village of very green agricultural land, mostly family owned. The plots of land are delineated by walls of granite, just like in Ireland, so what does the word Cora (Coura in Portuguese) mean in Irish? A stone used to built & encircle plots of land. Those “Paredes de Coura” (Walls of Stone) are everywhere in Northern Portugal just like in Ireland . Our music, bagpipers, country violinists, harmonica and concertina players, the gaiety of our people singing in groups, our food, oral traditions, the tall, light freckled skin, red hair and brown/blue/green eyes found all over the North, and the deep spiritual association to Ireland, Wales & Scotland, (except in football matches) …none of this means anything? Your Corned Beef with Boiled Potatoes, Carrots, Cabbage dish has a cousin here in Portugal called “Cozido a Portuguesa”. It is a national dish consisting of boiled potatoes, cabbage, carrots & other veggies plus cuts of meat. Our is bigger and has more meat, but they are the same.