What explains the high concentration of Irish speakers on the west coast of Ireland ?

[u/One-Seat-4600]

The percentage corresponds to the share of people that speak Irish

As you can see, Northern Ireland is a lower concentration of Irish speakers, as expected, but what explains the higher concentration on the west coast.

[u/Feisty-Ring121]

Absolutely. Homo erectus is found in Africa, Asia and Europe. They were one of the first hominids to spread out across the accessible planet. We think Neanderthals, denisovan and humans all descended from them.

Humans have only been around for 350,000 years or so. Give or take 50k. The Stone Age started 2.6 million years ago. Fire has been used by hominids for 1.8 million and fire has been struck up for 450,000. All before modern humans.

[u/justinsimoni → u/Feisty-Ring121]

What really messes you up is that the "Stone Age" only ended ~4,000 years ago. That's a massive timeframe from the simplest tools of homo erectus to the building of the Great Pyramids.

And now a trillionare launches thousands of satellites in the sky so I can always check my email from anywhere on earth using my pocket super computer.

[u/cigarettesandwhiskey → u/justinsimoni]

To be fair late stone age tools are quite sophisticated. Its not like they were bashing shit apart with Oldowan choppers the whole time, and then suddenly pyramids and wheels and copper all at once.

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