"This account would have the Gaels, then inhabiting the area known as Scythia, who left the northern shores of the Black Sea around 1760 BC and headed south into the Aegean and Mediterranean. They joined with others to form part of the Hyksos invasion of Egypt. They returned to Scythia for a while, then migrated again and for a few centuries became part of the Sea Peoples, who were so destructive at the close of the Bronze Age, devastating the Palace States of the Aegean around 1200 BC. Eventually they settled near what was later the site of Carthage, remaining there for almost three centuries, before invading and occupying northwest Spain. The last move from Spain to Ireland took place about 960 BC."
Beg to differ. The Hyksos were Semites. The Celts made their debut in Thrace and Anatolia late in Classical Greek times, later giving us the New Testament Galatians. The Phrygians had taken the same route (west to east across the straits) centuries earlier, and existed as an independent kingdom for three or perhaps four generations; according to Homer, the destruction of Phrygia took place around the time of the Trojan War, but it is known to have taken place in the 8th century; realizing that the
Trojan War occurred not long before the beginning of Classical Greek times, the destroyers of the Mycenaean era are the Scythians.
Charles, looks like you're headed for publication?