> Ummm... I suspect that comes under the heading
> of lucky coincidence. I don't think there is
> any linguistic link between Gaelic and Latin.
> Until a few years ago it was believed that the
> Romans never managed to establish a toe-hold in
> Ireland.

They're both Indo-European languages, and they're therefore related. However, they are not in the same group (Latin is an Italic language, whereas Gaelic is a Celtic language), and it could have very well been a coincidence.

-eric "Watch out: the link is huge" sleator
Fri 8 Jun A.D. 2001