Main group 1

Main Readings

• Koch, John T.; Carey, John, The Celtic heroic age: literary sources for ancient Celtic Europe and early Ireland and Wales, 4. ed., Aberystwyth, Celtic Studies Publications, 2003Compulsory*
• The Táin: translated from the Irish epic Táin Bó Cualinge / Thomas Kinsella ; with brush drawings by Louis le Brocquy, uuuu-uuuuCompulsory*
• Davies, Sioned, The Mabinogion, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007Compulsory*
• Prescott, Sarah; Coolahan, Marie-Louise, Women's Poetry from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, 1400-1800: An Anthology, 1, Cambridge University Press, 2026Compulsory*
• Greene, David et al., Irish bardic poetry: texts and translations, together with an introductory lectureCompulsory* (Selections. Texts will be provided.)
• Clancy, Joseph P., The earliest Welsh Poetry, Macmillan, 1970Compulsory* (Selections. Texts will be provided.)

Additional scanned material and online resources will be included.

* Compulsory