A Pocket History of Gaelic Culture
Alan Titley2000

What exactly is and what was Gaelic culture? How was it affected by the turmoils of Irish history, successive invasions and colonisation? How much of the native culture actually survived? An entertaining and concise view of the story of Gaelic culture and its relationship with the Irish language in history, politics, music, dance and games.

Read about : the early Celts and their society ; mythology ; Golden Age of saints and scholars ; Irish art ; influence of the Vikings ; bardic poetry ; European and other influences ; Normans ; the Gaelic recovery ; conquest and plantation ; Scottish connection ; famine and revival ; games and dance.