[oh8eleven]

Interesting but not a new idea. The Irish - more Spanish than Celtic?
[snip] "The primary genetic legacy of Ireland seems to have come from people from Spain and Portugal after the last ice age."

[wizr]

I met a “Castillian” girl when I was in high school. That is what we called those Hispanics with blond hair and blue eyes, as I remember.

[jmcenanly]

There was the wreck of the Spanish Armada in 1588 which left quite a few Spaniards in Ireland with no way to get home.