Home › Authors › Charles Vallancey 👤 Charles Vallancey b. 1721 – d. 1812 · 2 books Biography A British military surveyor and a quasi-authority on Irish antiquities (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Vallancey>Wikipedia</a>). Books by Charles Vallancey An essay on the antiquity of the Irish language; being a collation of the Irish with the Punic language 1818 An essay towards illustrating the ancient history of the Britannic Isles containing an explanation of the names Belgæ, Scythæ, Celtæ, Brittanni, Albanich, Erinnich, Caledonii, Siluri, &c., &c 1786