Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to:

Language and ethnicity

*pertaining to

Celts The Celts (, see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples () are. "CELTS location: Greater Europe time period: Second millennium B.C.E. to present ancestry: Celtic a collection of Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancien ...

, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **

Celts (modern) The modern Celts (, see pronunciation of ''Celt'') are a related group of ethnicities who share similar Celtic languages, cultures and artistic histories, and who live in or descend from one of the regions on the western extremities of Europe ...

Celtic languages The Celtic languages ( usually , but sometimes ) are a group of related languages descended from Proto-Celtic. They form a branch of the Indo-European language family. The term "Celtic" was first used to describe this language group by Edward ...

Proto-Celtic language Proto-Celtic, or Common Celtic, is the ancestral proto-language of all known Celtic languages, and a descendant of Proto-Indo-European. It is not attested in writing but has been partly Linguistic reconstruction, reconstructed through the compar ...

Celtic music Celtic music is a broad grouping of music genres that evolved out of the folk music traditions of the Celtic people of Northwestern Europe. It refers to both orally-transmitted traditional music and recorded music and the styles vary considerab ...

Celtic nations The Celtic nations are a cultural area and collection of geographical regions in Northwestern Europe where the Celtic languages and cultural traits have survived. The term ''nation'' is used in its original sense to mean a people who shar ...

Sports

Football clubs

Celtic F.C. The Celtic Football Club, commonly known as Celtic (), is a Scottish professional football club based in Glasgow, which plays in the Scottish Premiership. The club was founded in 1887 with the purpose of alleviating poverty in the immigran ...

, a Scottish professional football club based in Glasgow **

Celtic F.C. Women Celtic Football Club Women is a Scottish professional association football team, the women's section of Celtic Football Club. They play in the Scottish Women's Premier League, the top division of women's football in Scotland. They compete as Ce ...

Bangor Celtic F.C. Bangor Celtic F.C. were an Irish association football club based in from Crumlin, Dublin. They played in the Leinster Senior League Senior Division before merging with Greenhills/Greenpark in 2019. History Bangor Celtic were founded in 1987 ...

, Northern Irish, defunct *

Belfast Celtic F.C. Belfast Celtic Football Club was a football club. Founded in 1891 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, it was one of the most successful teams in Ireland until it withdrew permanently from the Irish League in 1949. The club left the league for polit ...

, Northern Irish, defunct *

Blantyre Celtic F.C. Blantyre Celtic Football Club were a Scottish football club that played under the auspices of the Scottish Junior Football Association. Formed in 1914 as Blantyre United, they changed their name to Blantyre Celtic two years later. Their home g ...

, Scottish, defunct *

Bloemfontein Celtic F.C. Bloemfontein Celtic Football Club (simply known as Celtic) is a South African amateur football club based in Bloemfontein that competes in the ABC Motsepe League, the third tier of the South African football league system. Bloemfontein Celtic ha ...

, South African *

Castlebar Celtic F.C. Castlebar Celtic F.C. ( ga, Cumann Peile Caisleán an Bharraigh Ceiltigh) is an Irish association football club based in Castlebar, County Mayo. They currently play in the Mayo Association Football League. They have previously fielded teams i ...

, Irish *

Celtic F.C. (Jersey City) The Celtic Football Club, commonly called the Jersey City Celtics, was an American soccer club based in Jersey City, New Jersey. The club was organized in the summer of 1921 to be an inaugural member of the professional American Soccer League. T ...

, United States, defunct *

Celtic FC America Celtic FC America is an American soccer club based in Houston, Texas. Originally known as Houston Hurricanes FC, the club was established in December 1992 when owner Brendan Keyes announced he was moving his Galveston Pirate SC franchise to Hou ...

, from Houston, Texas *

Celtic Nation F.C. Celtic Nation Football Club (/ˈkɛltɪk ˈneɪʃən/) was an English association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria. The club were members of Division One of the Northern League and played at Gillford Park. History The club was estab ...

, English, defunct *

Cleator Moor Celtic F.C. Cleator Moor Celtic Football Club is a football club based in Cleator Moor, Cumbria, England. The club are currently members of the and play at McGrath Park, on Birks Road, Cleator Moor. History Association Football arrived late in the West ...

, English *

Cork Celtic F.C. Cork Celtic F.C., originally Evergreen United F.C., was an Irish football club based in Cork. They played in the League of Ireland between 1951 and 1979 and played their home games at Turners Cross. In 1974, they were League of Ireland champ ...

, Irish, defunct *

Cwmbran Celtic F.C. Cwmbran Celtic Football Club is a football club based in Cwmbran, Torfaen, South Wales who play in the Cymru South. The first team plays in the Cymru South and the Reserve Team plays in the Welsh Football League Reserve Division (East). The te ...

, Welsh *

Derry Celtic F.C. Derry Celtic Football Club was a association football, football club from Derry, Ireland. The club, formed as St Columb's Hall in 1890, changing to St Columb's Hall Celtic in 1893, and Derry Celtic in 1899, was once the primary team in the city ...

, Irish, defunct *

Donegal Celtic F.C. Donegal Celtic Football Club is an intermediate association football, football club based in Belfast, Northern Ireland who currently play in the Ballymena & Provincial Football League. The club, founded in 1970, plays its home matches at Donega ...

, Northern Irish *

Dungiven Celtic F.C. Dungiven Celtic Football Club is an intermediate-level football club playing in the Northern Ireland Intermediate League in Northern Ireland. The club is based in Dungiven, County Londonderry. History Dungiven Celtic were founded followi ...

, Northern Irish, defunct * Farsley Celtic F.C., English *

Leicester Celtic A.F.C. Leicester Celtic A.F.C. is an Irish association football club based in Rathfarnham, Dublin. The club's senior team compete in the Leinster Senior League where they have enjoyed reasonable success. Youth sides compete in the Dublin and Distric ...

, Irish *

Lurgan Celtic F.C. Lurgan Celtic Football Club is a Northern Ireland, Northern Irish intermediate association football, football club based in Lurgan, County Armagh, that currently plays in the Mid-Ulster Football League Junior Division 3. The club was founded, 19 ...

, Northern Irish * Stalybridge Celtic F.C., English *

Tuam Celtic A.F.C. Tuam Celtic A.F.C. is an List of association football clubs in the Republic of Ireland, Irish association football club based in Tuam, County Galway. Their senior men's currently competes in the Galway & District League. The club also operates ...

, Irish *

Walker Celtic F.C. Walker Celtic Football Club was a semi-professional association football club based in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. They were founded in 1926 and joined the North Eastern League Second Division. In 1939, after nine consecutive seasons in t ...

, English, defunct *

Wayside Celtic F.C. Wayside Celtic F.C. is an Irish association football club based in Kilternan, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. Their senior men's competes in the Leinster Senior League. They also have a women's team who play in the Dublin Women's Soccer League. H ...

, Irish *

West Allotment Celtic F.C. West Allotment Celtic Football Club is a football club who currently play their home games at East Palmersville Sports Pavilion, Palmersville, near Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. History Formed in 1928 in West Allotment, a village in North Ty ...

, English

Other uses in sports

Celtic Camogie Club Celtic is a camogie club, winner of the Dublin Championship on 12 occasions and the inaugural winner of the All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship in 1964.. Dublin did not send a representative in 1965, so they did not defend their title ...

, Dublin, Ireland *

Celtic de Paris Celtic de Paris were a French rugby league team from the city of Paris. The club played most games at La Cipale, Saint-Ouen, and occasionally at the Parc des Princes. Maurice Tardy was the president of the club in the 1950s, signing star player ...

, a French rugby league team *

Boston Celtics The Boston Celtics ( ) are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of t ...

, an American professional basketball team *

Dewsbury Celtic Dewsbury Celtic is a rugby league club in the town of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. They play in the NCL Division Two after gaining promotion from Division Three in the Autumn of 2019. They followed this promotion with a tour of Australia, facin ...

, an English rugby League club *

Oban Celtic Oban Celtic (; ) is a shinty team from Oban, Argyll, Scotland. The club won South Division One in 2016. History The Club was founded in 1927 due to a plethora of players being available who could not get a game for either the senior or the junior ...

, a Scottish shinty club

Other uses

* ''Celtic'' (ship), the name of several ships *"Celtic", U.S.

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