Rare Celtic and Phoenician names add credibility to the Iruña-Veleia findings. Leherensuge

This issue had always been controversial, as the evidence was virtually nil, and the Spanish nationalist school prefered to consider them Celts, while the Basque nationalist school thought of them as likely Basques. Similar debates existed and still exist around the identity of the ancient Cantabri who fought against Caesar twice, once allied with “their relatives” the confirmed Basque-speakers Aquitani.