Links

 

Celtic Reconstructionist (and related) websites

CR FAQ - A frequently asked questions resource for anyone wanting to learn more about CR, written by several of the more senior members of the movement
Paganachd - A Celtic Reconstructionist Gateway, home to the CR FAQ and other articles that are well worth a read
Land Sea and Sky - An introductory online book to CR by the late Francine Nicholson and other contributors
Imbas
Tairis-CR - The sister site to this, my public blog for my personal musings on CR and my ramblings about my Scottish Reconstructionist path
Fidnemed Art Ré
- some early writings from Kathryn Price NicDhàna and Paul Pigman
The Preserving Shrine
- Erynn Rowan Laurie's website
Searching for Imbas - a blog by Erynn Rowan Laurie with articles about filidecht
Gaol Naofa - A community dedicated to Fálachus: a path of Gaelic Polytheism
Celtic Reconstructionists of the Delaware Valley - chock full of good stuff, anyone wanting to get an idea of group practice should go here. Or anyone...just go here
Inis Glas Thoir - a CR site for a now inactive group, but with some articles that are a good read
Tuatha: CR Colorado
Ar Dualchas: Gaelic Folkways - A promising site for family practices
Brendan Cathbad Myers' website - not CR, but with good essays, articles and information on druidry and Celtic history
Mary Jones - extensive website, including an encyclopedia of all things Celtic and myths
Celtic Well - mailing list and e-journal with articles listed by seasons
Caer Feddwyd - Brythonic Reconstructionism
Articles and essays on Brythonic Reconstructionism
Y Baedd Gwyn - Cymric polytheism
Deiuokara
Witchvox article on Celtic Reconstructionism
Wikipedia's overview of the history, development and different types of CR

Macalla: Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Celtas - based in Brazil
Celtoi Net: Die Community für Neokeltischen Glauben - German CR portal
Reconstruccionismo Celta - Spanish-language CR portal
The CR FAQ - Brazil - A translation of the CR FAQ into Portuguese
CAORANN - Celts Against Oppression, Racism and Neo-Nazism
Imbas Creations - beautiful jewellery, metalwork and artwork from Ingrid Houwers, a fellow CR living in Ireland

 


 

CR in the media

Interview with Kathryn Price NicDhana
Interview with Kym Lambert
Interview with Erynn Rowan Laurie
Reconstructing Ireland at home - click on number two to read the article
Ogam and Otherworld - interview with Erynn Rowan Laurie at Sequential Tart
Aontacht - interview with Erynn Rowan Laurie (pdf download page)
Poet on Fire: Erynn Rowan Laurie - interview at Patheos, part one 
Modern Celts: Laurie on Poetry, Madness and Healing - part two of the Patheos interview
Rekindling an Ancient Faith - article at Las Vegas Sun newspaper

 


 

Archaeological, Historical and Cultural Resources

 

General

Celtica - Journal of the School of Celtic Studies
E-Keltoi - Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies
Éigse - Volume 33
Éigse - Volume 34
Éigse - Volume 35
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland - pdf versions of all articles from 1851-1999
An Atlas for Celtic Studies

 

Brythonic

The Gods and Goddesses of Roman Britain (includes Brythonic deities) 
Roman Britain.org
World of the Ancient Britons 

 

Scottish

The School of Celtic and Scottish Studies Archive - some really good articles on folklore and customs, along with a huge amount of sound recordings and picture archive
Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o' Riches - a wealth of sound recordings and songs from around Scotland
Am Baile - (Scottish) Highland History and Culture
Canmore - look up information on archaeological sites in Scotland
Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports
Scottish Books and Articles - a huge resource of antiquarian books
A consideration of Pictish names
Pictish Arts Society
The Problem of the Picts 
Seanchas ìle - Islay's Folklore Project
Rampant Scotland
Undiscovered Scotland

 

Irish

Ireland's History in Maps
Irish Culture and Customs
Tarawatch
Ireland's Eye - Recipes, History, Folklore, Culture
Sengoídelic - Quotations from Early Irish Literature
Custom, Lore and Legend of Other Clare Days 

 

Gaulish

Epona.net
Ancient-Celts.com
Coligny Calendar
Corpus of Gaulish Inscriptions

 

Manx

A Manx Notebook
Manx National Heritage
Studeyrys Manninagh - e-Journal of Manx Studies
Manx Music Database
Manx Heritage Foundation




 

Articles and essays

 

General 

Gods in the Hood - by Angelique Gulermovich Epstein
Samhain: Not the Celtic New Year(?)

Words for what we do: a glossary by Erynn Rowan Laurie

Teacht Na nGealt (Celtic Writing)

Tripartite World (pdf)

IndoEuropean Caste Systems and Cosmologies

Druids and Brahmins: A Case of Mistaken Identity

 

Scotland

Were the Scots Irish? by Ewan Campbell
Frith (Scottish type of augury) 
More than Winter's Crone: The Cailleach in Scotland - by Insa Thierling
The Cailleach: Harvest Old Wife

Artur mac Aedan of Dalriada
 
Transactions of the Gaelic Scoiety of Inverness

 

Ireland

The Morrigan and Her Germano-Celtic Counterparts - dissertation by Angelique Gulermovich Epstein 
Imbas Forosnai by Nora Chadwick
The Cauldron of Poesy by Erynn Rowan Laurie
The Heroic Age: Milk Symbolism and the Bethu Brigte
- explores the connection between Brigit and milk
Airmid of Ireland by Erynn Rowan Laurie

Brighid: What do we really know?
The Fifth Direction: Sacred centres in Ireland
From Manannan to Bercilak: The Green Knight and the Gaelic Otherworld-god-in-disguise - by Charles MacQuarrie
"The Three Things Required of a Poet" - John Carey, Ériu 48
The Names of the Dagda - Scott A Martin
Orality in Medieval Irish Narrative: An Overview - Joseph Falaky Nagy
English and Pictish Terms for Brooch in an 8th Irish Law Text - C Etchingham and C Swift
Hags, Queens and Wise Women: Supernatural Females of the Irish Otherworld - Gearoid Ó Crualaoich (index of radio show on RTÉ)
Kingship in Early Ireland - Charles Doherty
Pagan Celtic iconography and the concept of sacral kingship - Miranda Aldhouse-Green
Sacred topology in early Ireland and India

 

Gaul

Article on the Coligny calendar

 

Wales/Brythonic

Information on the Mabinogion
Brigantia, Cartimandua and Gwenhwfar
The Age of Arthur




 

Mythology and Literature

 

General

Sacred Texts Celtic page - lots of books that you'll want to read. Although outdated, it's a good resource
Internet Medieval Sourcebook - includes work by Nennius, Geraldus Cambrensis and Gildas

 

Ireland

Luminarium - lots of resources for Irish myth and literature
Táin Bó Cúalnge - The Cattle Raid of Cooley 
CELT - Corpus of Electronic Texts - an excellent resource
Cath Maige Tuired - The Second Battle of Mag Tured, translated by Elizabeth Grey
Lebor Gabala Erenn (Book of Invasions)

The Celtic Literature Collective: Irish
Irish Script Onscreen - includes the Book of Leinster
Medieval Irish Poetry
The Ulster Cycle

The Triads of Ireland

The Voyage of Bran 

 

Scotland

The Coming of Angus and Bride
Popular Tales of the Western Highlands
Scottish Fairy and Folktales
Wonder Tales From Scottish Myth and Legend

 

Wales

The Camelot Project - a scholarly site for all things Arthurian
Modern translation of the Four Branches of the Mabinogion 
The Celtic Literature Collective: Welsh
Medieval Welsh Poetry
The Triads of Wales
Preiddeu Annwn - The Spoils of Annwn
Llyfr Taliesin: The Book of Taliesin

 


 

Communities and mailing lists

These are some of the most active communities and lists that I've found so far:

 

Online communities

Celtic Reconstructionist and Revivalist LJ
Óenach
San Francisco Bay Area CRs
Paganacht - Gaelic Polytheists
Hooded Crow - For the discussion of Outsider Warrior practices in Celtic and Northern tradition
Amldduwiaeth - Welsh Polytheism
Gaulish Recons
Southwestern CRs
Northeast CRs

Mailing lists

Imbas
Gaol Naofa
An Teaghlach - Gaelic Folkway Family Traditions List
Celtic Nation
Celtic-Well
Nemeton
Dualchas - Celtic Ancestral Ways
Old-Irish-L - Old Irish Literature discussion list 

 



Languages


General

Celtic languages on Wikipedia
Gaelic dictionaries online - a selection of Manx, Irish and Scottish dictionaries
The Celtic League   

 

Irish  

Irish Gaelic Translator forums
Irish lessons

Irishlanguage.net

Daltai na Gaelige

Beginners guide to Irish Gaelic pronunciation

The Philo-Celtic Society
Old Irish Dictionary
The Gaelic League of New England


Scottish

Sabhal Mor Ostaig
Beag air Bheag: Scottish Gaelic for beginners
Scottish Gaelic news
Gaelic Council of Nova Scotia
Macbain's Dictionary
Dwelly-d - Faclair Gàidhlig air loidhne
An Comunn Gàidhealaich Ameireaganaich


Welsh

Learn Welsh with the BBC
A Welsh course
Bwrdd Yr Iaith Gymraeg/Welsh Language Board
E-Wlpan - A Welsh course from Swansea university

 

Manx

Gaelg/Manx
Manx language

 

Cornish

The Cornish Language Fellowship

Breton

The Breton Language

 

Gaulish

Gaulish language
The Gaulish verbal system

 



 

Miscellaneous

Survey of Scottish Witchcraft 1563 - 1736 - look up people who were tried for witchcraft in Scotland

 


 

 

 

 

Last Updated on Friday, 18 June 2010 12:06