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Suggested Reading List

Here you can find a list of suggested reading if you wish to delve into the depths of this wonderful, complex tradition. I’ve splitted the texts in 2 broad categories: 21st Century (modern research and updated historical/archaeological information), and 19th/20th Centuries (books written around and during the Celtic Revival times, which are good to see how THE STUDY of Gaelic Ireland’s traditions developed).

Volumes I have personally found particularly meaningful and impacting are highlighted in bold.

Modern Studies / late 20th century and 21st century

  • JP Mallory, “In Search of the Irish Dreamtime”
  • JP Mallory, “The Origin of the Irish“
  • Mark Williams, “Ireland’s Immortals”
  • Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, “Gods and Heroes of the Celts”
  • Peter O’ Connor, “Beyond the Mist: What Irish Mythology can Teach us About Ourselves”
  • Jan Fries, “Cauldron of the Gods”
  • John Minahane, “The Christian Druids: On the Filid of Philosopher-Poets of Ireland”
  • Alexei Kondratiev, “Celtic Rituals”
  • Tomas Cahill, “How the Irish Saved Civilization”
  • Peter Berresford Ellis, “The Fabrication of ‘Celtic’ Astrology” (article)
  • Caitlín and John Matthews, The Encyclopaedia of Celtic Wisdom
  • Jo Kerrigan, “Old Ways, Old Secrets”
  • Anthony Murphy, “Mythical Ireland”
  • Edward Rutherfurd, “The Dublin Saga” (historical fiction)
  • Murt MacGarraidhe, “Strangers at Home”
  • Lar Dooley, “Out of the Darkness”
  • G. Frank Mitchell, “The Irish Landscape”
  • Manchán Magan, “Thirty-Two Words for Field”
  • Edel Bhreathnach, “Ireland in the Medieval World AD 400-1000: Landscape, Kingship and Religion”

Celtic Revival / 19th and early 20th centuries

  • T. W. Rolleston, “Celtic Myths and Legends”
  • W. Y. Evans-Wentz, “The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries”
  • Standish O’ Grady, “The Story of Ireland”
  • Henry Arbois de Jubainville, “The Irish Mythological Cycle and Celtic Mythology”
  • James Bonwick, Irish Druids and Old Irish Religions
  • W.B. Yeats, “Fairy and Folk tales of the Irish Peasantry”
  • W.B. Yeats, “The Celtic Twilight”
  • Lady Gregory, “Gods and Fighting Men”
  • Eugene A. Conwell, “The Discovery of the Tomb of Ollamh Fodhla”
  • John Arnott MacCulloch, “The Religion of the Ancient Celts”

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