Reposting an Old Resource List of Mine
This is an incomplete list of resources I’ve personally collected throughout my research into Irish Polytheism. Most of it does not include topics which one would generally think of as “relevant” to an IriPol practice, but I feel it’s important to learn about both Early and Modern Irish Culture in order to have a better understanding of the religion. Furthermore, a link’s appearance on this list does not necessarily mean that I agree with the contents of that link.
A Smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland
Washing and Bathing in Ancient Ireland
The Irish Potato Goddess- or Why Paganism Annoys Me
A Consideration of Villages in Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain and Ireland
Religious Beliefs of the Pagan Irish
When History Adds to your Modern Practice
Fulachtaί fia and Bronze Age cooking in Ireland: reappraising the evidence
Lectures on the Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History: Delivered at the Catholic University of Ireland, During the Sessions of 1855 and 1856
Irish Language Resources:
Introduction to Old Irish
Fuaimniú & Litriú na Gaeilge: Sounds and Spelling of Irish [Video]
Guide to pronunciation of Irish mythic names & places
Myths and legends: pronunciation guide (Modern Irish)
A Beginner’s Guide to Old Irish Pronunciation
A concise Old Irish grammar
Irish Legal History: An Overview and Guide to the Sources
The Brehon Laws Text (Fénechas / Senchus Már)
The Ancient Brehon Laws of Ireland
Judgements Concerning Privileged Persons (Bretha Nemed toísech)
The Law of Adomnán (Cain Adamnáin)
The Lost Legal System: Pre-Common Law Ireland and the Brehon Law
List of Early Irish Law Texts
Books About Early Irish Law
Medieval Irish Law Text and Context
An analysis of the early Irish law text Uraicecht Na Riar
Property Rights in Celtic Irish Law
Female Specific Resources:
The Lives of Ancient Celtic Women
The Legal Status of Women in Early and Medieval Ireland and Wales in Comparison with Western European and Mediterranean Societies
The Power of Women in Celtic Society: Female Druids
Discovering Women in Irish History
Women and the Law in Early Ireland
The Representation in Old Irish Law Texts of the Legal Position of Women in Early Medieval Ireland as regards the Ownership of Property
Eighteenth-Century Women’s Poetry in Irish
Gender, Nationality and Cultural Representations of Ireland
Women and Slavery in the Early Irish Laws
Women in Early Modern Europe and Ireland (Auto Download)
Clothing and Dress Resources:
Irish and Scandinavian dress in Viking-Age Ireland
Viking Age head-coverings
Irish Viking Age silks and their place in Hiberno-Norse society
Women’s Head-coverings in North-Western Europein the Viking Age
Re-Examining the Evidence: A Study of Medieval Irish Women’s Dress from 750 to 900 CE
Irish and Scots Clothing in the 16th Century
2.2.6 Dress - Discovering Women in Irish History: Dress
A Smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland: Dress and Costume
Marriage, Sex, and Children Specific Resources:
Polygyny and Multiple Marriages in Later Medieval Ireland
Marriage in the Celtic World
Sexuality in Ancient Ireland
Fosterage; child-rearing in medieval Ireland
Section II: Fosterage in Ancient Ireland
Fosterage, Kinship, and Legend: When Milk Was Thicker than Blood?
Foster care in ancient Ireland was an established and beloved tradition
Fosterage (Medeival Ireland)
Raising Children: The Path to Peace in Early Ireland
Foster care in ancient Ireland was an established and beloved tradition
Celtic Fosterage: Adoptive Kinship and Clientage in Northwest Europe
Unknown / Untitled Essay by Peter Parkes
Child Centered Law in Medieval Ireland
A Mac Fhlannchadha Fosterage Document, c.1580: Notes on the Síol Fhlannchadha of Tradraighe1
Muddy Waters and Muddier Bloodlines: Fosterage in Early Ireland (Personal)
Medicine Specific Resources:
Herbal medicine: A relic of the past or a signpost of the future?
10 Irish folk cures, spells and superstitions to cure all ailments
The Medical Mythology of Ireland
Mythology behind Irish Herbalism
Ancient Celtic Myth, Magic, and Medicine
Deity / Entity / Figure Specific Resources:
The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore
Pagan Portals - Gods and Goddesses of Ireland: A Guide to Irish Deities
The Legends and Lands of Ireland
Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha De Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland
Pagan Ireland: An Archaeological Sketch: A Handbook of Irish Pre-Christian Antiquities
The Morrígan and her Germano-Celtic Counterparts
The Cailleach in Irish Megalithic Traditions
The Role of the Morrigan in the Cath Maige Tuired: Incitement, Battle Magic and Prophecy
Caithreim Cellachain Caisil: The Victorious Career of Cellachan of Cashel
Resurrecting the Irish Gods: Fliadhais (Personal)
About Fliadhais (Personal; Brief)
Flidais: Is She a Goddess?
Flidais: A Chariot Drawn By Deer
About Manannán (Personal; Brief)
The Place of Manannan Mac Lir in Irish Mythology
Better Know a Celt: Manannán mac Lir
Manannan Mac Lir: God of the Sea and Guardian of the Afterlife
From A Smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland: Chapter 5
Great Gods of the Celts: Manannan mac Lir
Manannán’s Land: Irish Myths of the Sea
The Waves of Manannan Mac Lir: The Irish God of the Sea
Manannan mac Lir: Lord of Mischief and an Saoghal Eile
About Clíodhna (Personal; Brief)
Guide to Gaelic Polytheism Entry: Clíodhna
Bard Mythologies: Clíodhna
About Airmedh (Personal; Brief)
Goddess of the Growing Green: Airmid of Ireland
Mythical Women 04: The Story of Airmed
Revisiting Mythical Women. 4: Revisiting Airmed
Guide to Gaelic Polytheism Entry: Airmed
Irish Magic and Mysticism Resources:
Druids, Deer, and Words of Power: Coming to Terms with Evil in Medieval Ireland
Geis: The Curse in Irish Mythology
Rhetoric of Myth, Magic, and Conversion: Ancient Irish Rhetoric
The Rosc - Spoken Spells in Druidic Magic
Ritual in Late Bronze Age Ireland: Material Culture, Practices, Landscape Setting and Social Context
Virtue and Value Specific Resources:
An Irish Mythic Model for Celtic Virtues, Part 1 of 6
Hospitality in Gaelic Polytheism
Hospitality and Charity in Early Ireland (Personal)
Beauty Among the Irish Celts
Advice from a Princely Inlaw: Wisdom Texts in Old Irish
Values: Part One (multi-part series)
In Defense of Beauty as a Modern Spiritual Virtue (Personal)
Febas and the Housewife (Personal)
The Triads of Ireland (Trecheng Breth Féne)
The Instruction of Cuscraid (Tecosc Cuscraid)
The Colloquy of the Two Sages (Imcallam in da Thurad)
The Word-Teaching of Cú Chulainn (Briatharthecosc Con Chulainn)
The Sayings of Flann Fína (Bríathra Flainn Fína)
The Testament of Morann (Audacht Morainn)
The Instructions of Cormac mac Airt (Tecosca Cormaic).
Warriorship Specific Resources:
Poetic Ways: Cultivating the Practice of Filidecht
Warriors and Warfare: Ideal and Reality in Early Insular Texts
Local Cultus (Non Specific but helpful)
Connecting with Land Spirits: An Alternate View
Place, Power, and Persons
Local Cultus- What is it and How do I do it?
On the Intent of Local Cultus
Interesting Commentary on Tumblr
Local Cultus: Hero Worship
Walking the Worlds: A Biannual Journal of Polytheism and Spiritwork
Land Spirits, Ancestors and Gods, Oh My!
On Being Oklahoman, Walks, and Local Cultus (Personal)
This list is for personal use and will be updated to reflect additional sources as I find them; it is meant as a quick reference post so that I may more easily access the sources I quote, or otherwise use in my research. It is not meant to be anything other than that- though you may use it as your own reference as well if you wish.
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