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The article discusses the relationship between Celtic studies and nationalism in the constituent countries of Great Britain. It explores connections between Celtic languages such as Irish, Welsh, and Scottish Gaelic and the desire for political self-determination. The author examines the requirements for filling vacancies for a position teaching Old Irish at the National University of Ireland in Galway (NUIG) and for the Chair of Celtic Languages, Literature, History and Antiquities at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

The article focuses on historic perceptions of Druids in England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland throughout the modern period. Actual historic evidence of Druids is generally limited to references in Greek, Roman, and Irish texts based on second-hand accounts and oral traditions. Druids became important as a unifying heritage as Great Britain controlled the British Isles in the 17th and 18th centuries. The article also discusses Stonehenge, Iron Age monuments, and 19th century nationalist movements.

The article discusses the history of race and the idea of race in Great Britain. It examines how ideas of race relate to family and pedigree. The author comments on the advent of racial theorizing and scientific anthropology in the eighteenth century with the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Ideas concerning Celts, Gaels, and Anglo-Saxons are presented. Other topics include American studies in physiognomy and the book a "History of the Gwydir Family," by Sir John Wynn, who attempted to trace his descendants to princes from North Wales.