There are a multitude of sites related to Irish  art, language, music, and traditions with many more coming online all the time. Some sites maintain excellent links to the best Celtic web pages.

Here is a Irish reading list which contains some of the most important books on the Irish and Irish topics. These are the best introductory texts available. Many of these books can be found in different editions. The copyright dates shown here are for specific editions that I own or have read.

The Irish peoples emerged as a distinct group about 2-4000 years ago. Unfortunately, because they did not have a written language as we do, most of the knowledge about their culture comes from archeological finds and speculation derived from folklore, legends and dubious history.