Pleasant Grove Review | 1937-02-05 | Page 8 | People of Ireland

People of Ireland In the population of Ireland. I three major types are usually recog I nized. The most primitive Is the ! short, black-haired type, sometimes j called Kirliolg. variously defined by j anthropologists as non-Aryan or as j I !.!; n or a branch of the Mei- lie'rranean race. The conquerors ' of these peoples acre a tall and i blond race known as T'uatha Oe i Oanann. who were either Sean di nil-I nil-I vian or ("'eltic-spcaking peopios. I They were followed by the Gaelic ! Invasion, probably within historic i times. This Celtic-speaking race Is j Identified with the predominant j type of Irish of the present day.