| The history of the Celtic peoples goes back | | | | Celtic tattoo designs are taken from the |
| thousands of years. The early Celts displayed | | | | Irish Illuminated Manuscripts 'The Book of |
| their skills in complex artwork particularly | | | | Kells', on display in the library of Trinity |
| metal, jewelry and weapons as they were | | | | College in Dublin, my home town. This is a |
| regarded as fierce warriors by the Romans. | | | | much later time period than the height of |
| Evidence of celtic crossses and celtic | | | | Celtic tattooing. Designs from ancient stone |
| artwork can still be found all over | | | | and metal work are more likely to be from the |
| Ireland.Modern Celtic peoples have evolved | | | | same time period as Celtic tattooing.Celtic |
| symbols for themselves, and in the North | | | | knot tattoos are usually loops with no end or |
| American people of Celtic descentoften wear | | | | beginning symbolising the never ending cycle |
| these symbols to show that they are of Celtic | | | | of death and rebirth. Celtic animal |
| descent. The ancient Celts passed knowledge | | | | (zoomorphic tattoo designs) designs are |
| down through an oral tradition of | | | | similar in construction but the cords |
| storytelling and didn't keep many written | | | | terminate in feet, heads, tails. Pure knots |
| records, consequently, there is little | | | | are usually unending, unless the end of a |
| evidence of their tattooing remaining even | | | | strand is stylized into a zoomorphic element |
| though celtic cross tattoos and celtic know | | | | or a spiral. |
| tattoos are very popular designs.Most of | | | | |