We have borrowed the name from a small village located in the southern part of Ireland. This village is dominated by the Kilfenora Cathedral dating back to the beginning of the 12th century and a unique cemetery consisting of many well-known Celtic crosses. In our restaurant, you may see a replica of one of the crosses.
The Celts believed themselves to be the descendants of gods. The scientists rank them among the Indo-Europeans who settled in the Carpathian Mountains area in the 3rd millenium before Christ. In Bohemia, they began to emerge around the year of 800 before Christ. They have developed their ideas to such a perfection that some of them have been used up to our times. At present, the Celts are regarded as the founders of the European civilization. Today, a number of artists implement the Celtic designs to their artworks and there are even music bands playing only Celtic music. They admire also their knowledge of nature, traditional medicine and astrology. The Hallstatt period represented a fast development of culture and arts. Huge fortified places (at that time almost impregnable fortresses) are typical for this period. The Celtic tribes had its rulers - mighty kings. The kings were rich depending on the tribe’s potential and their death always resulted in a glorious and ceremonious burial. Large gold decorated carriage loaded with wealth, sacrifices and works of art was turned into a huge cairn. In dangerous times, people usually living in villages and settlements (peasants, handicraftsmen) moved to the fortified places. Such fortified places - oppids – as such places were referred to by authors writing in latin - had the size of medieval towns and represented power and spiritual centres. The Celtic heritage is present also in our national culture, in artistic tradition and in long-continued customs. Not only the name of our country is the Celtic nomenclature heritage but also the Czech countryside, though widely modified, still shows the footprint of the Celtic settlement. The Celtic culture also left us a number of feasts and customs, for example at the beginning of November the remembrance of the dead (All Souls’ Day) or making great fires on the eve of May 1, decorating of dwelling-places by sacred mistletoe at the time of Winter Solstice and many others.