The Celtic World Suggested Reading (81 books)

A list of the suggested reading as listed in the guidebook PDF for the course The Celtic World from The Great Courses. Please see my comment below for the full list and page numbers for each reading.

NOTE: The books have been added in order of the lectures. Please do not vote on this list or add other books.

Some suggested readings are not books. Here is a list of those sources:

Lecture 3
“The Hochford/Enz Celtic Museum: A Find of the Century & Its Museum,” Keltenmuseum Hochdorf/Enz, http://www.keltenmuseum.de/English/

Lecture 16
Lucas, “Irish-Norse Relations: Time for a Reappraisal?” Journal for the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society 71 (1966): 62-75
-, “The Plundering & Burning of Churches in Ireland” North Munster Studies: Essays in Commemoration of Monsignor Michael Moloney, edited by Etienne Rynne, pp. 172-229

Lecture 20
Ó Baoill, “Bardic Poetry”, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/...

Lecture 22
Conradh na Gaeilge (Gaelic League), https://www.cnag.ie/en/
Gaelic Athletic Association, http://www.gaa.ie/

Lecture 24
Celtic Congress, http://www.celtic-congress.org/
Celtic League, https://www.celticleague.net/
Ghosh, “DNA Study Shows Celts Are Not a Unique Genetic Group” BBC News, March 18, 2015. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-envir...
Ryan, “Taoiseach Defends Appointment of Minister without Fluent Irish” Independent.ie. July 16, 2014. https://www.independent.ie/irish-news...
The Secret of Kells (film)
Whoriskey, “A Man’s Discovery of Bones under His Pub Could Forever Change What We Know about the Irish" Washington Post, March 17, 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/w...

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1	The Celts: Origins, Myths and Inventions by John Collis 3.69 avg rating — 36 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Celtic World by Jennifer Paxton 4.10 avg rating — 848 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Conquest of Gaul by Gaius Julius Caesar 4.02 avg rating — 13,511 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome by Livy 3.96 avg rating — 9,871 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	A New History of Ireland: Volume III: Early Modern Ireland 1534-1691 by Theodore William Moody (Editor) 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Ireland and the Classical World by Philip Freeman (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Philosopher and the Druids: A Journey Among the Ancient Celts by Philip Freeman (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 319 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	War, Women, and Druids: Eyewitness Reports and Early Accounts of the Ancient Celts by Philip Freeman (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 73 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Celtic Heroic Age: Literary Sources for Ancient Celtic Europe & Early Ireland & Wales by John T. Koch (Editor) 4.31 avg rating — 147 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Celts and the Classical World by David Rankin 3.82 avg rating — 34 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Celts: Art and Identity by Julia Farley (Editor) 4.37 avg rating — 35 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Celtic Art: From Its Beginnings to the Book of Kells by Ruth Megaw 4.14 avg rating — 51 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Celtic Languages by Martin J. Ball (editor) 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Celtic Languages by Donald MacAulay (Editor) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins by Colin Renfrew 3.73 avg rating — 240 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	An Introduction to the Celtic Languages by Paul Russell really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Celtic from the West: Alternative Perspectives from Archaeology, Genetics, Language and Literature by Barry Cunliffe (Editor) 4.22 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Celtic Empire: The First Millennium of Celtic History, 1000BC - AD51 by Peter Berresford Ellis 3.80 avg rating — 143 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Celtic World by Miranda Aldhouse-Green (Editor/Contributor) 4.12 avg rating — 136 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Druids (Ancient Peoples and Places Series) by Stuart Piggott 3.50 avg rating — 326 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Boudica Britannia by Miranda Aldhouse-Green 3.77 avg rating — 31 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The World of the Celts by Simon James 3.98 avg rating — 216 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Celts by Helen Litton 3.64 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Picts by Benjamin Hudson 3.33 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Gododdin: the oldest Scottish poem by Aneirin 4.23 avg rating — 390 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Celtic Britain and Ireland: Art and Society by Jennifer Laing 4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Confession and the Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus by Patrick of Ireland 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Celtic Britain by Charles Thomas 3.61 avg rating — 44 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Lebor Gabala Erenn Book 1 by Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister (Editor) 3.78 avg rating — 27 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Ancient Irish Tales by Tom Peete Cross (Editor) 4.09 avg rating — 81 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Oldest Irish Tradition: A Window on the Iron Age by Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Pagan past and Christian present in early Irish literature by Kim McCone 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Cornish Language and Its Literature by Peter Berresford Ellis 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Britain after Rome: The Fall and Rise, 400 to 1070 by Robin Fleming 4.01 avg rating — 494 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Facing the Ocean: The Atlantic and its Peoples, 8000 BC - AD 1500 by Barry Cunliffe 4.16 avg rating — 81 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Bretons by Patrick Galliou 3.85 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth 3.71 avg rating — 6,872 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Angevin Empire by John Gillingham 3.95 avg rating — 42 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Life of St. Columba by Adomnán of Iona 3.85 avg rating — 308 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Bede: The Ecclesiastical History of the English People in Latin + English (SPQR Study Guides Book 20) by Bede 3.83 avg rating — 4,887 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Isle of the Saints: Monastic Settlement and Christian Community in Early Ireland by Lisa M. Bitel (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe by Thomas Cahill 3.81 avg rating — 46,809 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Voyage of Saint Brendan: Journey to the Promised Land by John Joseph O'Meara (Translator) 3.19 avg rating — 782 ratings score: 58, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Painting: Book Illumination in the British Isles 600-800 by Carl Nordenfalk 4.16 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 57, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Táin: From the Irish Epic Táin Bó Cúailnge by Anonymous 3.95 avg rating — 5,025 ratings score: 56, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Celtic Realms by Myles Dillon 3.43 avg rating — 82 ratings score: 55, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Early Irish Myths and Sagas by Anonymous 3.83 avg rating — 1,990 ratings score: 54, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	1,000 Years of Irish Poetry by Kathleen Hoagland (Editor) 4.15 avg rating — 141 ratings score: 53, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Celtic Heritage: Ancient Tradition in Ireland and Wales by Alwyn Rees 4.08 avg rating — 611 ratings score: 52, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Early Irish Society by Myles Dillon (Editor) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 51, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Land of Women: Tales of Sex and Gender from Early Ireland by Lisa M. Bitel (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 42 ratings score: 50, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Celtic Women: Women in Celtic Society and Literature by Peter Berresford Ellis 4.04 avg rating — 109 ratings score: 49, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	A Guide to Early Irish Law by Fergus Kelly 4.41 avg rating — 58 ratings score: 48, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Ireland Before the Normans by Donnchadh Ó Corráin 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 47, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Scotland: A History by Jenny Wormald (Editor) 3.46 avg rating — 97 ratings score: 46, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Irish Society, Anglo-Norman Settlers, Angevin Kingship: Interactions in Ireland in the Late Twelfth Century (Oxford Historical Monographs) by Marie Therese Flanagan 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 45, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Colonial Ireland by Robin Frame 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 44, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	English Lordship in Ireland, 1318-1361 by Robin Frame it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 43, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	The Historical Works of Giraldus Cambrensis Containing the Topography of Ireland, and the History of the Conquest of Ireland, The Itinerary Through Wales, and the Description of Wales by Giraldus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 42, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	The Welsh Kings: Warriors, Warlords, and Princes by Kari L. Maund 3.54 avg rating — 96 ratings score: 41, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Kingship and Unity: Scotland, 1000 - 1306 by G.W.S. Barrow 3.98 avg rating — 41 ratings score: 40, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Wallace Book by Edward J. Cowan (Editor) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 39, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Robert the Bruce's Irish Wars: The Invasions of Ireland 1306-1329 by Seán Duffy 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 38, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Scotland, the Making of the Kingdom by A.A.M. Duncan 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 37, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	A History of Wales by John Davies 3.87 avg rating — 704 ratings score: 36, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	The Mabinogi and Other Medieval Welsh Tales by Patrick K. Ford (Editor and Translator) 4.13 avg rating — 606 ratings score: 35, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Dafydd Ap Gwilym: The Poems by Riichard Morgan Loomis (Translator) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 34, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Tudor Ireland: Crown, community, and the conflict of cultures, 1470-1603 by Steven G. Ellis 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 33, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	From Kings to Warlords: The Changing Political Structure of Gaelic Ireland in the Later Middle Ages (Studies in Celtic History, 7) by Katharine Simms 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 32, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	A View of the State of Ireland by Edmund Spenser 2.52 avg rating — 89 ratings score: 31, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites by David Forsyth (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 30, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Ossian's Fingal: An Ancient Epic Poem, in six Books by James MacPherson really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 29, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	The Invention of Tradition by Eric J. Hobsbawm (Editor and Author) 3.95 avg rating — 1,568 ratings score: 28, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Cuchulain of Muirthemne: The Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster by Lady Gregory 4.02 avg rating — 417 ratings score: 27, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	The Story of the Irish Race: A Popular History of Ireland by Seumas MacManus 3.92 avg rating — 771 ratings score: 26, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	All the Olympians: A Biographical Portrait of the Irish Literary Renaissance by Ulick O'Connor 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 25, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	The Complete Plays of John M. Synge by J.M. Synge 4.01 avg rating — 278 ratings score: 24, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Eleven Plays of William Butler Yeats by W.B. Yeats 3.99 avg rating — 89 ratings score: 23, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	A Short History of Irish Traditional Music by Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 22, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia by Fiona Ritchie 4.28 avg rating — 203 ratings score: 21, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Full Suggested Reading List

Lecture 1 Who Were the Celts?
Caesar, The Conquest of Gaul, books 7-8
Collis, The Celts
Livy, Early History of Rome, book 5
Moody, Martin, & Byrne, A New History of Ireland, chapter 4

Lecture 2 The Celts & the Classical World
Collis, The Celts, chapters 1 & 6
Freeman, Ireland & the Classical World
-, The Philosopher & the Druids
-, War, Women, & Druids
Koch & Carey, The Celtic Heroic Age, pp. 5-39
Rankin, Celts & the Classical World

Lecture 3 Celtic Art & Artifacts
Collis, The Celts, chapters 5-8
Farley & Hunter, Celts, chapters 1-5
Megaw & Megaw, Celtic Art
“The Hochford/Enz Celtic Museum: A Find of the Century & Its Museum,” Keltenmuseum Hochdorf/Enz, http://www.keltenmuseum.de/English/

Lecture 4 Celtic Languages in the Ancient World
Ball & Muller, The Celtic Languages, parts 1-3.
Collis, The Celts, chapter 3
Cunliffe & Koch, Celtic from the West, part 3
-, Celtic from the West 2, chapter 8
Macaulay, The Celtic Languages
Renfrew, “Ethnogenesis” (contained in Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins
by Colin Renfrew )
Russell, An Introduction to the Celtic Languages

Lecture 5 Caesar & the Gauls
Caesar, The Conquest of Gaul
Ellis, The Celtic Empire

Lecture 6 Celtic Religion & the Druids
Freeman, Ireland & the Classical World
-, The Philosopher & the Druids
-, War, Women, & Druids
Green, The Celtic World, part 8
Piggott, The Druids

Lecture 7 Celtic Britain & Roman Britain
Aldhouse-Green, Boudica Britannia
Ellis, The Celtic Empire, chapters 10, 11, & 14
James, The World of the Celts, chapter 5
Koch & Carey, The Celtic Heroic Age
Litton, The Celts: An Illustrated History, chapter 2

Lecture 8 Celts & Picts in Scotland
Hudson, The Picts
Jackson, The Gododdin
Laing & Laing, Celtic Britain & Ireland, chapter 6
Skinner, trans., The Confession of Saint Patrick & Letter to Coroticus
Thomas, Celtic Britain, chapter 5

Lecture 9 Prehistoric Ireland & the Celts
Carey, A New Introduction to Lebor Gabala Erenn
Cross & Slover, Ancient Irish Tales, pp. 3-27
Jackson, The Oldest Irish Tradition
McCone, Pagan Past & Christian Present in Early Irish Literature

Lecture 10 Celtic Britain after Rome
Ellis, The Cornish Language & Its Literature
Fleming, Britain after Rome, chapters 1-5
Koch & Carey, The Celtic Heroic Age, pp. 289-317 & 356-368
Thomas, Celtic Britain, chapters 2-4

Lecture 11 Brittany & Galicia: Fringe of the Fringe
Cunliffe, Facing the Ocean, chapters 5 & 10
Galliou & Jones, The Bretons
Geoffrey of Monmouth, The History of the Kings of Britain
Gillingham, The Angevin Empire, chapter 5

Lecture 12 Celtic Churches
Adomnan of Iona, Life of St. Columba
Bede, Ecclesiastical History, book 3, chapter 25
Bitel, Isle of the Saints
-, “St. Brigid of Ireland
Cahill, How the Irish Saved Civiliziation
O’Meara, trans., The Voyage of Saint Brendan
Skinner, trans., The Confession of Saint Patrick & Letter to Coroticus

Lecture 13 Celtic Art & Insular Art
Farley & Hunter, Celts: Art & Identity, chapter 8
Megaw & Megaw, Celtic Art, pp. 243-57
Nordenfalk, Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Painting

Lecture 14 Medieval Irish Literature
Carson, trans., The Tain
Cross & Slover, Ancient Irish Tales
Dillon & Chadwick, The Celtic Realms, chapter 10
Gantz, trans., Early Irish Myths & Sagas
Hoagland, 1,000 Years of Irish Poetry
Koch & Carey, The Celtic Heroic Age, pp. 51 -282
McCone, Pagan Past & Christian Present in Early Irish Literature
Rees & Rees, Celtic Heritage

Lecture 15 Celtic Women, Families, & Social Structures
Binchy, “Secular Institutions” (contained in Early Irish Society
by Myles Dillon )
Bitel, Land of Women
Ellis, Women in Celtic Society & Literature
Kelly, A Guide to Early Irish Law
Ó Corráin, Ireland before the Normans, chapter 2

Lecture 16 The Irish Sea World: Celts & Vikings
Lucas, “Irish-Norse Relations: Time for a Reappraisal?” Journal for the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society 71 (1966): 62-75.
-, “The Plundering & Burning of Churches in Ireland” North Munster Studies: Essays in Commemoration of Monsignor Michael Moloney, edited by Etienne Rynne, pp. 172-229
Ó Corráin, Ireland before the Normans, chapters 1, 3, & 4
Wormald, Scotland, chapter 1

Lecture 17 English Invasions of Wales & Ireland
Flanagan, Irish Society, Anglo-Norman Settlers, Angevin Kingship
Frame, Colonial Ireland
-, English Lordship in Ireland
Gerald of Wales, The Conquest of Ireland
-, The History & Topography of Ireland
Maund, The Welsh Kings, chapters 1-3

Lecture 18 Scotland from Macbeth to Braveheart
Barrow, Kingship & Unity
Cowan, The Wallace Book
Duffy, Robert the Bruce’s Irish Wars
Duncan, Scotland: The Making of the Kingdom, chapters 5-22
Wormald, Scotland, chapters 1-3

Lecture 19 Politics & Literature in Wales
Davies, A History of Wales , chapters 4-5
Dillon & Chadwick, The Celtic Realms, chapter 11
Ford, ed. & trans., The Mabinogi & Other Medieval Welsh Tales
Loomis, ed. & trans., Dafydd ap Gwilym
Maund, The Welsh Kings, chapters 3-7
Rees & Rees, Celtic Heritage

Lecture 20 Tudor Conquest of Ireland
Ellis, Tudor Ireland
Ó Baoill, “Bardic Poetry”, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/...
Simms, From Kings to Warlords
Spenser, A View of the State of Ireland

Lecture 21 (Re)Discovering the Celts
Collis, The Celts, pp. 34-56
Davies, A History of Wales, chapter 7
Forsyth, Bonnie Prince Charlie & the Jacobites
Macpherson, Ossian’s Fingal
Trevor-Roper, “The Invention of Tradition” (contained in
The Invention of Tradition by Eric J. Hobsbawm)
Wormald, Scotland, chapters 6-7

Lecture 22 The Gaelic Revival in Ireland
Augusta, Cuchulain of Muirthemne
Collis, The Celts, chapter 5
Conradh na Gaeilge (Gaelic League), https://www.cnag.ie/en/
Gaelic Athletic Association, http://www.gaa.ie/
MacManus, The Story of the Irish Race
O’Connor, All the Olympians
Synge, The Complete Plays
Yeats, Eleven Plays of William Butler Yeats

Lecture 23 Celtic Music & Dance
Gerald of Wales, The History & Topography of Ireland, pp. 103-104
Ó hAllmhuráin, A Short History of Irish Traditional Music
Ritchie & Orr, Wayfaring Strangers

Lecture 24 The Celts Today
Celtic Congress, http://www.celtic-congress.org/
Celtic League, https://www.celticleague.net/
Collis, The Celts, chapters 9-11
Galliou & Jones, The Bretons, chapter 14
Ghosh, “DNA Study Shows Celts Are Not a Unique Genetic Group” BBC News, March 18, 2015. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-envir...
Goscinny & Uderzo, Asterix the Gaul
Ryan, “Taoiseach Defends Appointment of Minister without Fluent Irish” Independent.ie. July 16, 2014. https://www.independent.ie/irish-news...
The Secret of Kells (film)
Whoriskey, “A Man’s Discovery of Bones under His Pub Could Forever Change What We Know about the Irish" Washington Post, March 17, 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/w...

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