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Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
Could there be said to have been a distinct "Celtic" people, or was Celtism simply a cultural movement, making them in some ways akin to mdern-day punks or goths? WTF?

It was a language grouping, like Slavs. Almost certainly no pan-celtic state, or pan celtic consciousness. Though IIUC the period before they disperse across Western Europe is not well documented.