It's only a matter of time before somebody announces that Italy is the lost tribe of the Pan-Celtic federation, anyway. Northern Spain has already made it in, apparently because they listen to a lot of Chieftains records and (like most other nations in Europe and the Near East) have bagpipes.

Italy has bagpipes too, naturally. Also a lot of opera, and even more lyric tenors than Ireland. Their olive oil is better than the Gaelic variety, though.