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Additional Reading

I found these sources to be particularly helpful in creating the text portion of this website.  These sources are a gateway to learning more about the Celts, their music, history and culture
The Ancient Celts
Barry Cunliffe
Oxford University Press 
2nd edition 2018

This book is the MUST-read for anyone with a deep interest in Celtic history.  Nearly five-hundred pages of detailed text, marvelous photos and helpful graphics.  Consider this the definitive, lay-reader’s text about the ancient Celts. The work traces the Celtics from pre-history to about 1100 CE.

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The Atlantic Celts: Ancient People Or Modern Invention? 
Simon James  
University of Wisconsin Pres
​1999
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Britain Begins
Barry Cunliffe
Oxford University Press
2012

Although Britain is not concerned a "Celtic nation", the Celts were there are all around.  This book is an excellent companion text to The Ancient Celts.   It's another highly detailed, exquisitely produced work.  


The Celts: Search for a Civilization
Alice Roberts
Companion text to a BBC series
Queens Editions Ltd.
Carmelite House, London
2015
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The Celts: a Very Short Introduction
Barry Cunliffe
Oxford University Press
2003

For those who aren’t up to reading the detail of Professor Cunliffe's large work on the Ancient Celts, this one-hundred fifty page, small text is a good option.  Sort of the “Cliff Notes” version of the Ancient Celts.
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Focus: Irish Traditional Music
Sean Williams
Professor Ethnomusicology, Evergeen State College
Routledge, New York and London  2010

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