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The words Celt and Celtic (also Keltic) can refer to:

Ethno-linguistics[link]

• Celts, a people of the Celtic nations
• Celts (modern), the modern Celtic identity
• Celtic languages
• Celtic nations, the modern territories in North-West Europe where Celtic languages and cultural traits have survived
• Keltic Nordic, a category from Carleton S. Coon's racial typology

Sports[link]

• Celtic F.C., a Scottish football club
• Boston Celtics, an American professional basketball team
• Belfast Celtic F.C., a former Irish/Northern Irish football club
• Bloemfontein Celtic F.C., a South African football club
• Dewsbury Celtic, an English rugby League club
• Donegal Celtic F.C., a Northern Irish football team
• Farsley Celtic A.F.C., an English football club
• Lurgan Celtic F.C., a Northern Irish football club
• Oban Celtic, a Scottish shinty club
• Stalybridge Celtic F.C., an English football club

Other uses[link]

• Celt (tool), a type of stone tool
• Celtic (ship), a number of ships
• Celtic music
• Celtic mythology
• Celtic Christianity
• The Celts (BBC documentary), a 1986 documentary series produced by the BBC on Celts
• The Celts (album), a 1992 album by Irish musician Enya
• Celtic Frost a metal band from Zürich, Switzerland

See also[link]

• Celticism (disambiguation)
• Celtic culture (disambiguation)
• Names of the Celts

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Tom Deacon

Full name	J. Thomas Deacon
Place of birth	Swansea, Wales
Place of death	Morriston, Wales
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Forward
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
?-1890 1890-?	Morriston RFC Swansea RFC
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1891-1892	Wales	4	(0)

Thomas 'Tom' Deacon (1868 - 21 July 1921)^[1] was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea and international rugby for Wales

Rugby career[link]

Swansea born Deacon began his career with Morriston before switching to Swansea in 1890. The next season he was selected to represent the Wales national team against Ireland in the 1891 Home Nations Championship. Deacon was one of four new Welsh players brought into the pack for the match, including Swansea team-mates David and John Samuel, following losses in the first two matches of the tournament against England and Scotland. Played at Stradey Park and led by Llanelli's Willie Thomas, Wales beat the Irish 6-4, but this match was Deacon's only international win of his career.

Deacon was reslected to play in all three matches of the 1892 Championship, now under the captaincy of Newport legend Arthur 'Monkey' Gould. Although the pack now contained the likes of Wallace Watts and Arthur Boucher the team failed to win a single match of the competition, though the selectors kept faith with the majority of the pack throughout. The next season the 1892 pack was reselected almost en masse, Deacon being the only obvious omission, his Wales career was over.

International matches played[link]

Wales^[2]

•  England 1891
•  Scotland 1891
•  Ireland 1891, 1892

Bibliography[link]

• Godwin, Terry (1984). The International Rugby Championship 1883-1983. London: Willows Books. ISBN 0-00-218060-X. 
• Griffiths, John (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: Phoenix House. ISBN 0-460-07003-7. 
• Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-0766-3. 

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