>What are the titles of the original Celtic Irish texts? Are all of
>them available in English?
There are hundreds - many have been translated at least once into English -
though it is very hard to find some of the translations, as they are to be
found in Celtic studies journals from the 19th century - others have been
translated into German, and there is still a sizable amount that remain
untranslated to this day.
>I mean texts that referred to pre-Christian Ireland (filtered through
>Christian monks) like: Book of Invasions, Cattle Raid of Cooley,
>Fionn cycle, etc?
Well, there are too many texts to name here - see the following site for a
list of texts :
http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/msomit/omiteinl.htm
You can go to the following site to see some of the texts grouped into their
relative genres (click on the "captured" link):
http://www.ucc.ie/celt/
>What are the best English versions if I want to acquire a complete
>collection?
Start with Koch & Carey's "The Celtic Heroic Age" and augment it with Cross
& Slover's "Ancient Irish Tales" - this is the best starting point.
- Chris Gwinn
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