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 Eur ...

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 Edwar ...

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 reconstructed through the comparative method. Proto-Celtic ...

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 considera ...

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 sh ...

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 immigra ...

, 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 ...

Bangor Celtic F.C. Bangor Celtic F.C. were an List of association football clubs in the Republic of Ireland, Irish association football club based in from Crumlin, Dublin. They played in the Leinster Senior League Senior Division before merging with Greenhills/Gre ...

, Northern Irish, defunct * Belfast Celtic F.C., Northern Irish, defunct * Blantyre Celtic F.C., 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 in ...

, 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 (1921 ...

, 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 H ...

, from Houston, Texas * Celtic Nation F.C., 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., Irish, defunct * Cwmbran Celtic F.C., Welsh * Derry Celtic F.C., Irish, defunct *

Donegal Celtic F.C. Donegal Celtic Football Club is an intermediate 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 Donegal Celtic Park. Clu ...

, Northern Irish * Dungiven Celtic F.C., Northern Irish, defunct *

Farsley Celtic F.C. Farsley Celtic Football Club is a football club based in Farsley, West Yorkshire, England. The club was founded in 1908, but folded in 2010 and were reformed as Farsley AFC before returning to the name Farsley Celtic in 2015.

, English * Leicester Celtic A.F.C., Irish * Lurgan Celtic F.C., Northern Irish *

Stalybridge Celtic F.C. Stalybridge Celtic Football Club is an English football club based in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. They are currently members of the and play at Bower Fold. The team traditionally plays in a blue and white strip. In 1921 Stalybridge Celtic ...

, English * Tuam Celtic A.F.C., Irish * Walker Celtic F.C., English, defunct * Wayside Celtic F.C., Irish * West Allotment Celtic F.C., 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 Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq m ...

, 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 ...

, an American professional basketball team * Dewsbury Celtic, 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. Secret Service code name for Joe Biden

Language and ethnicity

Sports

Football clubs

Other uses in sports

Other uses

See also