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Manuel Gago

Manuel Gago

Galician journalist, scholar, and associate professor at the University of Santiago de Compostela; director of culturagalega.gal cultural platform.

Jun 7, 2026

32:26
Is there a shared mitochondrial DNA between Galicia and Ireland, for instance?
32:31
Uh, there is a lot of connections.
32:33
Uh, and we know by evidence that, uh, there is a, a, a huge traffic in, in, in very old times relating to Neolithic that, um, people coming from the west Atlantic, uh, facade of Iberian Peninsula to Ireland, and probably to, to western of, uh, of Scotland.
32:53
So this kind of genetic evidence connects and fits very well with the old mythological tales.
36:13
powerful.One thing that strikes me is Galicia knows far more about Ireland than Ireland does about Galicia, and this seems to me very sad.
36:22
Uh, yes.
36:22
It's, it's really a pity and, but, uh, the, the, the good news is that we can build another kind of relation right now.
36:29
But, um, I think, um, uh, the explanation is that Galicia was, uh, maybe a more sea trader and fisher type island.

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