Commentary on Gaelic Literature [Irish literature in Irish]

[ This is a very simple handlist of title older and newer which have cropped up during research and should not be thought to compete with any degree of expertise in the subject area - a quantity whereof the present editor possess none. ]

  • Abbot, TK, ‘On the history of the Irish bible’, in Hermathena 17 (1913), pp.29-50.
  • Baumgarten, Rolf, Bibliography of Irish Linguistics & Literature , 1942-1971 (1986), xxiii + 776pp. [ISBN 0 901282 81 2].
  • Bergin, Osbert, ‘Bardic Poerty’, Ivernian Journal (1913).
  • Bergin, Osbert, ‘Unpublished Irish Poems’, Studies [n.d].
  • Best, Richard Irvine, Bibliography of Irish Philology and of Printed Irish Material (Dublin 1913; 1992) [repr. with augmented indexes; orig. 1913)], xii + 339pp. [ISBN 1 85500 159 4].
  • Bieler, Ludwig, Ireland, Harbinger of the Middle Ages (London 1963).
  • Bieler, Ludwig, The Patrician Texts in the Book of Armagh (Dublin 1979).
  • Binchy, D. A., ‘Breatha Déin Chécht, Erui , xx (1966).
  • Binchy, D. A., ‘Patrick and His Biographers’, in Studia Hibnerica (1962).
  • Binchy, D. A., ‘Some Celtic Legal Terms’, in Celtica (1953).
  • Binchy, D. A., ‘The Passing of the Old Order’ [ Proceedings of the International Congress of Celtic Studies 1959] (Dublin 1962), pp.119-32.
  • Binchy, D. A., Ancient Irish Law’, Irish Jurist , 1 (1966).
  • Binchy, D. A., Críth Gablach (Dublin 1941).
  • Blaney, Roger, Presbyterians and the Irish Language (Ulster Hist. Found. 1993).
  • Byrne, Cecil J, ed., Celtic Languages and Celtic Peoples (1992); papers of the North American Congress of Celtic Studies held in Halifax, 1989.
  • Calder, G., ed., Imtheachta Aeniasa: the Irish Aeneid (London 1907).
  • Calder, G., ed., Togail na Tebe: the Thebaid of Statius (Cambridge 1922).
  • Calder, George, Auraicept na nEces (Edinburgh 1917).
  • Carney, J., Studies in Irish Literature and History (Dublin 1955).
  • Carney, James, Medieval Irish Lyrics (Dolmen 1967).
  • Coiste Comhairleach Pleanála, An, The Irish Language in a Changing Society (Dublin: Bord na Gaeilge, 1988).
  • de Blacam, Aodh, A First Book of Irish Literature (Talbot) 1934; rep. Kennikat 1970).
  • de Blacam, Aodh, Gaelic Literature Surveyed (Talbot 1929), reissued with add. chp. by Eoghan O hAnluain, Talbot 1973) [incl. comments on Swift, et al.] [var. 1974].
  • de Hae, Ristéard [Richard Hayes] and Bríghid Ní Donnchadha, Clár Litridheacht na Nua-Ghaedhilge 1850-1936 (Dublin 1938) [STANDARD BIBL].
  • Delap, Brendán, Úrscealte Stairiúla na Gaeilge (An Clóchomhar 1994), 186pp.
  • Dillon, Myles, The Cycles of Kings (London: Oxford University Press, 1946).
  • Dillon, Myles, Early Irish Literature (Chicago:University of Chicago Press, 1948).
  • Dillon, Myles, Early Irish Society (Dublin: Sign of the Three Candles, 1954).
  • Dillon, Myles, ed., Irish Sagas (Cork:Mercier Press, 1968).
  • Dillon, Myles, with N. Chadwick, The Celtic Realms (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1967).
  • Dinneen, P. S., and T O’Donoghue, The Poems of Egan O’Rahilly (London 1911).
  • Early Irish Lyrics (Oxford 1956).
  • Early Irish Metrics (Dublin 1961).
  • Falconer, Sheila, ed. and trans., Lorgaireacht an tSoidhigh Naomhtha: an early Irish translation of the Quest for the Holy Grail (DIAS 1953).
  • Fiannaigecht (1910).
  • Flower, Robert, The Irish Tradition (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1947).
  • Ganz, J. (transl.), Early Irish myths and Sagas (Harmondsworth:Penguin Books, 1981).
  • Green, David, An Anthology of Irish Literature (New York 1954).
  • Greene, David, The Irish Language (Dublin: Three Candles 1966).
  • Gwynn, EJ, ed., The Metrical Dindshencas , [?3 vol.] (Dublin).
  • Hindley, Reg, The Death of the Irish Language: A Qualified Obituary (London: Routledge 1990), 335pp.
  • Hull, Eleanor, The Poem-Book of the Gael (London:Chatto & Windus 1912).
  • Hull, Vernam, ed. Longes Mac n-Uislenn (NY 1949; London 1959).
  • Hindley, Reg, The Death of the Irish Language (Lon:Routledge 1990), 335pp.
  • Hyde, Douglas, A Literary History of Ireland from Earliest Times to the Present Day (1899, and eds.); revised by Brian Ó Cuiv (London:Benn 1967).
  • Hull, Eleanor, A Text Book of Irish Literature, 2 vols (Dublin: M.H. Gill and Son; London: David Nutt, 1906).
  • Jackson, K. H., A Celtic Miscellany: Translations from the Celtic Literatures (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1951; Harmondsworth:Penguin Books, 1971).
  • Jackson, K. H., Studies in Celtic Nature Poetry (Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, 1935).
  • Jackson, K. H., The Oldest Irish Tradition: A Window on the Iron Age Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, 1964).
  • Knott, Eleanor, Irish Classical Poetry (2nd edn. Dublin 1960).
  • Knott, Eleanor, Irish Syllabic Poetry (2nd edn. Dublin 1957).
  • Lambert McKenna, ed., The Book of the O’Hara/Leabhar I Eadhra (DIAS 1951; rep. 1980).
  • Leerssen, Joseph Th., Mere Irish & Fíor Gael (Utrecht 1986), espec. ‘Gaelic Poetry’ [Chap. 3].
  • Ludwig Bieler, The Irish Penitentials, with appendix by D. A. Binchy (DIAS 1963; rep. 1975) [Script. Latini Hiberniae, No. 5].
  • Mac Airt, Seán, ed., Leabhar Branach/The Book of the O’Byrnes (DIAS 1944).
  • Macalister, RAS, Lebor Gabála Erenn, 2 vols (Dublin 1938, 1956).
  • McCloskey, Seasamh, A Reader’s Guide to Books in the Irish Language (NY: ?1993) [from NY Irish bookshop].
  • McCone, K., Pagan Past and Christian Present in Early Irish Literature (Maynooth: An Sagart, 1990).
  • MacErlean, MC., ed., The Poems of David O Bruadair 2 vols (London 1910, 1917).
  • MacGiolla, C., Díolaim Próis 1450-1850 (Baile Atha Cliath:Foilseacháin Náisiúnta Teo, 1971).
  • MacNeill, E[oin], ed., Duanaire Finn, i (London 1908) [contains ‘The Sword of Oscar’, pp.153-62. [Stanford, 1984].
  • Mac Réamoinn, Seán. ed., The Pleasures of Gaelic Poetry (London: Allen Lane 1982).
  • Matthews, Caitlin, The Elements of the Celtic tradition (Dorset:Element Books 1989).
  • McKenna, Lambert, ed., The Book of Magauran (1947).
  • Meyer, ‘Uber die alteste irische Dichtung’, pts. 1 & II, in Preussiche Akademie der Wissencschaften (Berlin 1913-14).
  • Meyer, Kuno and Alfred Nutt, The Voyage of Bran and the Celtic Doctrine of Rebirth (London 1897 [?1895, with Alfred Nutt]).
  • Meyer, Kuno, B ruchstucke der alteren Lyrik Irlan ds (Berlin 1919).
  • Meyer, Kuno, ed., Stories and Songs from Irish manuscripts (1899).
  • Meyer, Kuno, ed., Four Old Irish Songs of Summer and Winter (1903).
  • Meyer, Kuno, ed., Liadain and Curithir (London 1902).
  • Meyer, Kuno, ed., Selections from Ancient Irish Poetry (Constable 1911; 2nd ed. 1913). Meyer, ed., ‘The instructions of King Cormac mac Airt’, Royal Irish Academy, Todd Lecture Series , vol. l5 (l9O9).
  • Meyer, Kuno, Triads of Ireland [ Todd Lecture Series , l3 RIA] (1906).
  • Millet, B., The Irish Franciscans 1651-1665 (Rome 1964).
  • Murphy, Gerard, ‘Notes on aisling poetry’, Eigse 1 (1939-40), pp.40-50.
  • Murphy, Gerard, ‘Poems of exile by Uilliam mac Barúin Dealbhna’, in Eigse 6 (1948), pp.5.
  • Murphy, Gerard, Saga and Myth in Ancient Ireland (Dublin 1955).
  • Murphy, Gerard, Early Irish Lyrics: Eighth to Twelfth Century (Oxford:Clarendon Press 1956).
  • Murphy, Gerard, ‘Bards and Filidh’, in Eigse 2 (1940-1), pp.200-07.
  • Murphy, Gerard, Saga and Myth in Ancient Ireland (Dublin: Sign of the Three Candles, 1955; rep. 1971).
  • Nic Eoin, M[áire], An Litríocht Réigiúnach (Dublin: Clóchomhar, 1982).
  • Myles Dillon, Stories from the Acallam (DIAS 1970; rep. 1984) [mediev. & mod. Irish ser., no.23].
  • Máirín Ní Dhonnchadha, ed., Nua Léamha; Gnéithe de Chultúr: Stair agus Polaitíocht na hÉireann c.1600-1900 (Clóchomhar 1996), 206pp.
  • Máirín Nic Eoin, An Litrírocht Réigiúnach (Dub:Clóchomhar 1982 [Leabhair Thaigde: An 40ú hImleabhar].
  • Ni Shéagdha, Nessa, Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the national Library of Ireland (DIAS 1961- ).
  • Ó Buachalla, B., I mBéal Feirste Cois Cuan (Dublin: An Clóchomhar, 1968).
  • Ó Casaide, Rare Books on Gaelic Poetry [Bibliographical Society of Ireland], Publ. Vol III (1926-18), No.6.
  • Ó Ciosáin, E., Buried Alive: A Reply to the Death of the Irish Language (Dublin: Dáil Uí Chadháin 1991).
  • Ó Cuiv, Brian, ed., Cnósach focal ó Bhaile Bhúirne i gCunndae Chorchaí: Michael O Brian (1866-1942) a bhailig (DIAS 1947).
  • Ó Cúiv, B. ed., A View of the Irish Language (Dublin: Oifig an tSoláthair 1969).
  • Ó Cúiv, B. ed., Léann na Gaeilge in Eirinn; Seven Centuries of Irish Learning 1000-1700 (Dublin: Oifig an tSoláthair, 1961).
  • Ó Conchuir, B., Scríobháithe Chorcaí 1700-1850 (Dublin: An Clóchomhar, 1982).
  • Ó Conghaile, M., Conamara agus Arainn 1880-1980: Gnéithe den stair Shóisialta (Galway:Cló Iar-Chonnachta, 1988).
  • Ó Doibhlin, B., Aistí critice agus cultúir (Maynooth:An Sagart, 1975).
  • O’Brien, F., Filíocht Ghaeilge na linne seo: staidéar criticúil (Dublin: An Clóchomhar, 1968).
  • O’Brien, Gerard, Anglo-Irish Politics in the Age of Grattan and Pitt (IAP 1987) DA 948.4.02.
  • Ó Duinn, Seán, Forbhais Droma Dámgháire: The Siege of Knocklong (Mercier 1992), 111pp.; mod. Irish transcription and English trans. on facing pages of ‘the Táin of Munster’, 12th c., made by Benedictine monk of Glenstal].
  • Ó Farachain, Roibeard, see Robert Farren, supra. [listed under Irish form in O’Connor, 1967.].
  • Ó Fiannachta, P., Léas Eile ar ár Litríocht (Maynooth:An Sagart, 1982).
  • Ó Hainle, C., Eigse Lár na hEireann (Maynooth:An Sagart, 1975).
  • Ó Hainle, C., Promhadh Pinn (Má Nuad: An Sagart, 1978).
  • Ó Farachain, Roibeard, see Robert Farren, supra. [listed under Irish form in O’Connor, 1967.].
  • Ó Fiannachta, P., Léas Eile ar ár Litríocht (Maynooth:An Sagart, 1982).
  • Ó Hainle, C., Eigse Lár na hEireann (Maynooth:An Sagart, 1975).
  • Ó Hainle, C., Promhadh Pinn (Má Nuad: An Sagart, 1978).
  • Ó Tuama, S., An Grá in Amhráin na nDaoine: Leiriú tearmúil (Dublin: An Clóchomhar, 1978).
  • Ó Farachain, Roibeard, see Robert Farren, supra. [listed under Irish form in O’Connor, 1967.].
  • Ó Fiannachta, P., Léas Eile ar ár Litríocht (Maynooth:An Sagart, 1982).
  • Ó Hainle, Cathal, Eigse Lár na hEireann (Maynooth:An Sagart, 1975).
  • Ó Hainle, Cathal, Promhadh Pinn (Má Nuad: An Sagart, 1978).
  • Ó Tuama, Seán, An Grá in Amhráin na nDaoine: Leiriú tearmúil (Dublin: An Clóchomhar, 1978).
  • Ó hAodha, Donnacha, ed., Bethu Brigte (DIAS 1978).
  • O HUallachain, C., The Irish Language in Society (UU 1991).
  • Ó Riagáin, Pádraig, Language Maintenance and Language Shift as Strategies of Social Reproduction: Irish in the Corca Dhuibhne Gaeltacht 1926-1986 (Inst. Teangeolaíochta Eireann 1993?), based on 150 interviews.
  • Ó Riain, Pádraig, Corpus Genealogiarum Sanctorum Hiberniae (1985).
  • O’Rahill[y], Cecile, Five seventeenth-century political poems (DIAS 1952; rep 1977).
  • O’Rahilly, T. F., ‘Irish Poets, Historians, and Judges in English Documents, 1538-1615’; PRIA 36c 6 (1922) 86-120.
  • O’Rahilly, T. F., Dánta Grádha (Dublin, 2nd ed. 1926).
  • O’Rahilly, T. F., Measgra Dánta (Cork 1927).
  • Ó Tuama, Seán, An Grá in Amhráin na nDaoine (Dublin 1960).
  • Ó Tuama, Seán, ed., The Gaelic League Idea (Cork 1972).
  • Ó Tuama, Seán, Repossessions: Selected Essays on Irish literary Heritage (Cork UP 1995), 294pp.; hb & pb.
  • Ó Sé, Diarmuid, and Jo Sheils, Teach yourself Irish (Teach Yourself 1993), book and tape, rep. 1993.
  • Rudolph Thurneysen, A Grammar of Old Irish (DIAS 1947; rev. ed. 1975; rep. 1980).
  • Ryan, J., Essays and Studies presented to Professor Eoin MacNeill (Dublin 1940).
  • Stokes, Whitely, Togail Troi (Calcutta 1881).
  • Stokes, Whitley and Ernst Windisch, eds, Irische Texte mit Ubersetzungen und Worterbuch, 5 vols. Leipzig: S. Hirzel, I880-1909. [incls. Stokes, ed., ‘Agallamh na Seanórach’, Irische Texte 4, 1900].
  • Strachan, J. and J. G. O’Keefe, ed., Táin Bó Cúailgne (Dublin 1912).
  • The Ossianic Lore and Romantic Tales of medieval Ireland (Dublin 1955).
  • Titley, Alan, An tÚrscéal Gaeilge (Dub:An Clóchomhar Tta 1991).
  • Tovey, H., D. Hannon and H. Abramson, Cad Chuige An Ghaeilge? Teanga asug Feiniúlacht in Eirinn ar Linne/ Why Irish? Irish Identity and the Irish Language (Dublin: Bord na Gaeilge, 1989).
  • Turneysen, Rudolf, Die irische Helde- und Konigsage (Halle 1921).
  • Turneysen, Rudolf, Sagen aus dem alten Irland (Berlin 1901).
  • Wall, Maureen, ‘The Decline of the Irish Language’ in Brian Ó Cuiv, A View of the Irish Language (Dublin:Stationary Office 1969).
  • Walsh, Paul, Gleanings from Irish Manuscripts , 2nd ed. (Dublin: Three Candles 1933).
  • Walsh, Paul, Irish Men of Learning , ed. Colm O Lochlainn (Dublin: Three Candles 1947).
  • Williams, J. E. Caerwyn, agus M. Ní Mhuíriosa, Traidisiún Literartha Na nGael (Baile Atha Cliath: An Clóchomhar, 1979).
  • Williams, J.. E., Caerwyn, and Patrick K. Ford, The Irish Literary Tradition (Cardiff 1992), 355pp.
  • Windisch, Ernst, and Stokes, Whitley, Irische Texte Ubersetzengen , 4 pts (Leipzig 1884-1909).
  • Windisch, Ernst, Irische Texte mit Worterbuch (Leipzig 1880).
  • Zimmer, Heinrich, ‘Uber den compilatorischen Charakter der iriscen Sagentexte im Sogonannten Lebar na hUidre’, Zeitschrift fur vergleichende Sprachforschung , xxviii (1883-6).

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