> MacKillop can only say what he says by ignoring or
> not knowing REH's fascination with
> the Irish and the Celts, and the fact that REH
> borrowed historical names out the wazoo
> for his stories, or slightly altered historical
> names for his stories.
> 
  I agree with you, but I believe that MacKillop was
intending to point out that there was no direct
historical/mythic parallel between REH's Conan and
such people as Conan mac Morna and Conan mac Lia etc.
  Cheers, Jesse

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