Please note: The following reading and research materials are being recomended to further one's interest in Celtic studies. Some of the slants and viewpoints expressed are not the opinions or beliefs of others. I will try to construct this bibliography in an ongoing manner, including as many viewpoints and angles as possible. I welcome comments and additions. PG
Celtic Hot Links!
Angus Og's Everything Celtic on the Net If you can't find it here....
~lacarrol's Celtic Home Page Good Celtic Links.
Ivan the Celt!
Web Publications
An comunn Gaidhealach America, Inc.Celtic Web Friends
Quite a variety here!
Celtic Music from Rampant Lion
Scottish Dancing
The Celt Lady
http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~lacarrol/celtic.html
http://www.tassie.net.au/~celtic/index.html
http://www.icons.net/celtic_artlink
http://members.aol.com/edward9689/abb/abb.html
http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~jennann
http://www.clark.net/pub/biscuit/celtart.html
http://members.aol.com/phikent/kent.htm
http://www.underbridge.com/vcelt
http://www.twits.com
Cartoon Animation Lessons
www.bluestone25.freeserve.co.uk
www.killdares.com
home.ctnet.com/drew/celtbib.html
kelticdesigns.comJen Delyth
www.repiland.com
Legend Silver
www.folkcraft.com
Recent books
- The Celts, edited by Kruta, Frey, Raferty and M. Szabo, published by Rizzoli New York. This huge volume was created to acompany the exhibition `The Celts, Origins of Europe' that took place in Venice, Italy in 1991. Very complete.
- The Illustrated Archaeology of Ireland, edited by Michael Ryan, published by Country House Dublin, 1991. Beautiful pictures.
- The Road Wet, The Wind Close, by James Charles Roy, published by Dufour Editions Inc., 1986. For those who are interested in the early Christian time period this book is a must.
- Any book by Morgan LlwelynMorgan writes like she was there and perhaps she was. Her titles include: The Druids, The Red Branch, The Lion of Ireland, The Bard, etc. Very inspiring.
- Words, Lyrics and Illuminations, by Patrick Gallagher, Published by The American Celtic Free Press, 1996. An illustrated philosophy.
To be continued...
Standards
- The Celts, May 1977 National Geographic Society. Great map!
- Celtic Myths and Legends by T.W. Rolleston
- The Story of the Irish Race, by Seumas MacManus, published by the Devin-Adair Co., Conecticut.
To be continued...
Books on Celtic Art
The Celt Lady's Free Celtic Font
- Methods of Construction of Celtic Art, by George Bain, published by Dover Publications. Bain is one of the founders of the current Celtic Art revival.
- Celtic Design, by Aiden Mehan, published by Thames and Hudson. I believe there are six or seven different titles, Aiden is a `Book of Kells ' kind of guy.
- Celtic Art, by Ruth and Vincent Megaw, published by Thames and Hudson, 1989. Available in paperback.
- An introduction to Irish High Crosses, by Richardson and Scarry, published by the Mercier Press Dublin, 1990.
- The Lindisfarne Gospels, by Janet Backhouse, published by Phaidon Press London, 1981.
- The Irish Hand, by Timothy O'Neill, published by the Dolmen Press in Ireland.
- The rediscovery of Ireland's Past,The Celtic Revival 1830 - 1930, by Jeanne Sheehy, published by Thames and Hudson, 1980.
- The Work of Angels, by Susan Youngs, published by the British Museum, 1989.
To be continued...
Moldy Oldies or out of print
- Irish Art, by Francoise Henry, published by Cornell University, New York, 1965. This is one book of a series. Very interesting with good photos.
- The Crosses and Culture of Ireland, by Arthur Kingsley Porter, published by Benjamin Blom, Inc. New York, 1931.
- Carved Ornament From Irish Monuments, by Henry S. Crawford, published by the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Dublin, 1926. Wonderful restoration drawings.
Annala Rioghachta Eireann. Annals of The Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters,edited and translated by John O'Donovan, Esq., M.R.I.A. Published in Dublin: Hodges and Smith, Grafton-Street, 1851. Accept no imitations this is the real McCoy.To be continued...
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