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”
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”
