Quote Originally Posted by Brennus View Post
Now we are dealing with the BRITISH empire not the ENGLISH empire, the massive contribution made by Celts to the creation of the empire probably exceeds the contribution of the English. In particular massive numbers of soldiers and sailors were Irish, if anything we are dealing with a Celtic empire in which only the upper strata is English.
You really believe this?

It was very definitely a British Empire and not an English one, any attempt to divide who did what would be incredibly artificial. In fact to suggest that the "Celts" created more of the empire than the "upper strata of English" is patently absurd.