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The literature of the Celts

Chapter 23: INDEX OF SUBJECTS
By Magnus Maclean
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The volume surveys the literary heritage and historical background of the Celtic peoples, tracing their arrival in Europe, linguistic position, and survival in manuscripts. It profiles early Christian writers and translator-scholars, examining St. Patrick’s writings, the literary activity around St. Columba and Iona, and Adamnan’s Vita Columbae, and studies key manuscripts such as the Book of Deer and other Gaelic and Latin codices. Chapters address linguistic discoveries, ogham inscriptions, the interplay of oral and written traditions, monastic centers of learning, and the recent revival of scholarly interest, while providing bibliographic guidance for readers and students seeking primary sources and modern studies.

INDEX OF SUBJECTS

  • Adamnan, 58–79;
    • his biography, 61–68;
    • writings, 67–79;
    • his Life of Columba, 16, 58, 69–79;
    • Adamnan’s Prayer, 68;
    • his Vision, 68
  • Aged Bard’s Wish, 253, 357, 358
  • Alexander the Great and Celts, 7
  • American scholars, 381
  • Amra Choluimcille, 55, 108
  • Ancestors of the Gael, 138, 139
  • Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales, 220
  • Aneurin, the Book of, 218, 219
  • Annals, Irish, 111–113
  • Archæologica Britannica, 217, 370, 371
  • Armagh, the Book of, 17, 22, 23, 82
  • Arnold’s Study of Celtic Literature, 309–312, 321–323
  • Arthurian Romances, 227–238, 306–309
  • Aryan group of languages, 19
  • Ballymote, the Book of, 109
  • Bards, the Irish, 54
  • Bards of the Gael and Gall, 167, 168, 297, 298, 366
  • Barzaz-Breiz, Chants populaires de la Bretagne, 240–244, 366
  • Beauties of Gaelic Poetry, the, 356–360
  • Ben Dorain, 358–360
  • Bible, Gaelic, 328–330
  • Bibliographies, Gaelic, 325–327
  • Bopp’s discovery, 375, 376
  • Breton Bards of the Sixth Century, the, 244, 366
  • British scholars, 382–385
  • Brittany, early ballads of, 240–244;
    • medieval ballads of, 247, 248
  • Buchanan, Dugald, his hymns, 329, 336
  • Caermarthen, the Black Book of, 218
  • Caledonian Bards, 256
  • Carmina Gadelica, 361–366
  • Cathrach, the, 16, 48, 49
  • Celtic elements in English literature, 309–312
  • Celtic literary revivals, 239–261
  • Celtic renaissance, latest, 259, 353
  • Celts, early history of the, 1–9;
    • arrival in British Isles, 3;
    • Continental empire, 5–9
  • Christianity, introduction of, 27, 28, 47, 287–290
  • Chronicon Scotorum, the, 112, 369, 374
  • Church, the, its influence on Gaelic literature, 286–303
  • Churchmen, splendid services of, 303
  • Clanranald, the Book of, 129–133
  • Classical authors on early Celts, 11–13
  • Columba, St., 16;
    • his biography, 41–78, 226;
    • writings, 47–58;
    • his poems, 49–53
  • Confession of St. Patrick, 15, 25, 30
  • Cornish dialect, last speaker of, 249
  • Cornish literature, 248, 249
  • Coroticus, Epistle to, 15, 30
  • Cuchulinn, 155–173
  • Danish scholars, 381
  • Decay of inflection in Scottish Gaelic and Manx, 211
  • Decline of Gaelic Oral literature, 300
  • Deer, the Book of, 16, 17, 79–95, 209, 246
  • Deer’s Cry, the, 15, 31, 33
  • Deirdre and the sons of Uisneach, 146–152
  • Dialogue of the Ancients, 53, 188, 189
  • Dialogues between Ossian and Patrick, 29, 292–299
  • Dictionaries, Gaelic, 341–344
  • Differences between Irish and Gaelic, 209, 210
  • Domhnach Airgid, the, 36
  • Durrow, the Book of, 16, 48, 82
  • Early Celtic Church and oral traditions, 289
  • Early missionaries and the Scriptures, 289, 290
  • Edinburgh libraries in which are Celtic MSS.:
    • Advocates’, 115–118;
    • University, 118;
    • Scottish Antiquaries’, 118
  • Eisteddfod, Welsh, history of, 237
  • English literature, 305–324
  • English loan-words from Celtic, 304, 305
  • Fate of MSS., 119, 120
  • Feinn, the, 174–197
  • Fernaig MS., the, 127–129, 350, 351
  • Fiacc’s Hymn, 37, 38
  • Fionn, 175–197
  • Foundation of Celtic Chairs, 259
  • Four Ancient Books of Wales, 217–238, 247
  • Four Masters, the Annals of, 112, 113, 373;
  • French scholars, 381
  • Gadelic and Brittonic, linguistic difference, 3, 371
  • Gaelic, earliest written, 17;
    • earliest distinctly Scottish, 89;
    • first printed book, 327
  • Gaelic Bards, Pattison’s, 253
  • Galatian colony, 8
  • Genealogies, the Book of, 369
  • Genealogy, Irish, 137
  • German scholars, 379–381
  • Gildas, works of, 220
  • Gleaners, Gaelic, 347–366
  • Gododin, the, 221, 222
  • Grammars, Gaelic, 107, 338–341, 373
  • Grammatica Celtica, 98, 376–378
  • Gray’s Bard, 313, 314
  • Hergest, the Red Book of, 218–220, 224
  • Heroic Cycle, the, 153–173
  • Highland bards before the Forty-five, 263–285
  • Highland bards after the Forty-five, 249–251
  • Highland Society Collection of Gaelic MSS., 117
  • Historia Britonum, 228
  • Hymns, the Book of, 17, 36, 209, 246, 348, 349, 374, 382
  • Icelandic literature, 205
  • Influence of Celtic on English literature, 305–324
  • Iona, 46;
    • ravages of Norsemen, 201
  • Irish Annals, 111–113
  • Irish missionaries on the Continent, 207
  • Irische Texte, 380, 382
  • Italian scholars, 379, 380
  • Jacobite poems of Ireland, 251
  • Jones, Sir William;
    • his suggestion, 375
  • Jubainville, M. d’Arbois de; his mission to the British Isles, 99–104
  • Keating’s work, 368, 369
  • Kells, the Book of, 16, 48, 82
  • Kilbride collection of MSS., 117, 118
  • Knox’s Liturgy, 327, 328
  • Layamon’s “Brut,” 305, 320
  • Leabhar Gabhala, 135, 369
  • Leabhar na Feinne, 353–356
  • Leabhar nan Gleann, 366
  • Leabhar Na h’Uidhre, 17, 108, 209, 246, 348
  • Learning and culture, 289
  • Leinster, the Book of, 108, 109
  • Liber Hymnorum, 17, 36, 209, 246, 348, 349, 374, 382
  • Lir, Tragedy of the Children of, 144–146
  • Lismore, the Book of, 109
  • Lismore, the Book of the Dean of, 121–126, 226, 350, 351
  • Literary History of Ireland, Dr. Hyde’s, 246
  • Literature, Gaelic, printed, 325–346
  • Literature of the Early Celtic Church, 288–292
  • Llywarch Hên’s poetry, 223–224
  • Mabinogion, 229–238
  • Maccodrum’s Muse, 282–285
  • Macdonald, Alexander, his work, 328, 336, 337
  • Macdonald, John, life and poetry, 270–275
  • Macgregor songs, 263
  • Macleod, Mary, life and poetry, 264–270
  • Macpherson’s Ossian and other poems, 117, 217, 252, 314–316, 331, 351, 352
  • Malory, Sir Thomas, his Morte d’ Arthur, 308, 309, 316
  • Manuscripts, Celtic, 17, 40;
    • on the Continent, 96, 100, 101;
    • in England and Ireland, 97, 102;
    • in Scotland, 115–134;
    • antiquity of MSS., 102–104;
    • MSS. of the Middle Ages, 107;
    • MSS., XL., LIII., LVI., 120, 121;
    • Welsh, 217–238
  • Milesians, 138, 139
  • Minor collections of Ossianic poetry, 352
  • Minor Highland bards, 275–282
  • Mòd, Gaelic, 259
  • Modern novelists, 323–324
  • Moore’s Irish Melodies, 316, 317
  • Myrddin’s poetry, 224–226
  • Mythological Cycle, the, 135–152
  • Myth and folk-tale theories, 135–137
  • Mythical races in Ireland, 137
  • Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, 218, 224, 366
  • Navigatio Brendani, 215
  • Nennius’ History of the Britons, 220
  • Nineteenth century output of Gaelic literature, 301, 302
  • Ninine’s Prayer, 38
  • Norris, Edwin, translation of Cornish dramas, 249
  • Norse eddas and sagas, 204, 205
  • Norse ideas in Gaelic literature, 212–215;
  • Norse invasions, 198;
    • influence on Celtic literature, 205–217;
    • and upon the structure of the Gaelic language, 211, 212
  • O’Curry’s research, 97, 373, 374
  • O’Donovan’s life and work, 97, 372, 373
  • Ogam writing, 14, 15
  • Origin of shires, burghs, and parishes in Scotland, 84–95
  • Ossian, 175;
    • poetry, 185–188
  • Ossianic cycle, 174–197;
  • P, rarely used in Irish or Gaelic, 4;
    • group, 5
  • Patrick, St., 15;
    • Lives of, 23;
    • biography, 23–39;
    • writings, 15, 30–39
  • Patrick and Ossian, 29, 293–298
  • Periodicals, foreign, 378, 379;
  • Picts, the, 45, 56
  • Poetesses, Gaelic, 275, 276
  • Poet-laureate, Gaelic, 274
  • Poetry, Gaelic, in Continental MSS., 104–106
  • Psalters, Gaelic, 328, 333
  • Q., the Aryan guttural changed into p, 4;
    • group, 5
  • Reid’s Bibliotheca Scoto-Celtica, 325–327
  • Reliquiæ Celticæ, 384
  • Reliques of Irish Poetry, 366
  • Renan, Ernest, on Welsh literature, 227, 230
  • Rhyme, Celtic claim, 56, 57, 309
  • Rise of the Scottish Gaelic, 89, 209
  • Scandinavian scholars, 381
  • Scholars, modern Celtic, 367–385
  • School-books, Gaelic, 338
  • Scott, Sir Walter, renderings from Gaelic, 277, 278, 323;
  • Scottish collection of Celtic MSS., 115–133
  • Seana Dana, 253–256
  • Severance of Scotland from Ireland, 209
  • Shairp, Principal, writings, 322, 323
  • Skene, Dr., Collection of MSS., 117;
  • Songster, Gaelic (An T Oranaiche), 361
  • Sorrows of Gaelic Storydom, the Three, 140–152
  • Statistics of Celtic-speaking peoples, 10, 20, 21
  • Stephens’ Literature of the Cymry, 221
  • Stone, Jerome, a pioneer, 251
  • Táin Bó Chuailgné, 108–111, 160
  • Tales of Heroic Cycle, 153–173
  • Taliessin, the Book of, 218, 219;
  • Taylor’s translations of Breton ballads, 240–244, 247, 248
  • Tennyson’s Idylls of the King, 318–321
  • Tighernach, the Annals of, 111
  • Treasury of Irish Poetry, 366
  • Trias Thaumaturga, 369
  • Tuireann, Tragedy of the Children of, 140–143
  • Uisneach, Tale of the Sons of, 121, 146–152
  • Valhalla, 214, 215
  • Vikings, 198–216
  • Villemarqué, M. de, Breton ballads and folk-lore songs, 240–248
  • Vita Columbæ, Adamnan’s, 58–79, 92;
    • criteria of age, 59;
    • copyist, 60, 61;
    • history of MS., 62;
    • contents, 69;
    • other MSS. of, 76, 77
  • Wars of the Gael with the Gaill, 203, 204
  • Welsh bards of the sixth century, 221
  • Welsh intellectual awakening of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, 246
  • Welsh MSS., 220
  • Welsh poetry, 217, 218, 257
  • Wordsworth and his contemporaries, 316
  • Whyte, Henry, his gleanings, 366
  • Yscolan, 225, 226
  • Zeuss’ life and work, 98, 99, 376–378
  • Zimmer’s books, 380