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Aalen, F.H.A., Kevin Whelan and Matthew Stout, (editors) Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape, University of Toronto Press 1997. Incredible guide to Irish landscape -- both ancient and modern.

Cross, Tom P and Clark Harris Slover, Ancient Irish Tales, Barnes & Noble 1996. Comprehensive telling of Irish mythology including tales of the Tuatha de Danaan, the story of Diarmud and Grainne, and of the kings and heroes of ancient Ireland.

Cunliffe, Barry, The Ancient Celts, Oxford University Press, 1997. Cunliffe is professor of European Archaeology at Oxford, and this is a scholarly yet readable account of the archaeology and history of the Celts.

Curtin, Jeremiah, Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland, Dover Publications 1975.

Dames, Michael, Mythic Ireland, Thames & Hudson 1992. A fascinating study that makes the claim for a web of ancient Celtic sites linked to solar and lunar events. Read this book and you can probably guess where Eamon Byrne's treasure is located. It won't, however, help you identify what it is, nor by any stretch of the imagination, who dunnit.

Glassie, Henry, Irish Folk Tales, Pantheon Books, 1985. Contemporary tales from Ireland.

Graves, Robert, The White Goddess, Faber & Faber 1961. British poet argues language of myth is rooted in popular religious ceremonies to the Moon goddess, who in Ireland he equates with Aine, Anu or Danu (another clue). The book includes a chapter on Amairgen's Song that Graves says is a calendar based on trees, and through that, and the tie to worship of the moon goddess shows links between Irish, middle eastern, Mediterranean and other European mythology. An absolutely amazing book.

Green, Miranda J (editor) The Celtic World, Routledge 1995. Everything you wanted to know about the Celts from first towns, arts warfare and pagan religion.

Herity, Michael and George Eogan, Ireland in Prehistory, Routledge 1989. Ireland in the Neolithic and Bronze ages including archaeology of the ancient mythic sites.

Laing, Lloyd and Jennifer, Art of the Celts, Thames & Hudson, 1992. Beautifully illustrated book of Celtic Art for 700 BC.

Lynam, Joss (editor) Best Irish Walks, Passport Books 1997. Seventy-six different walks of widely ranging levels of difficulty, some of which take in the mythic sites mentioned in The Celtic Riddle.

MacCulloch, J.A. Celtic Mythology, Academy 1996. Classic study of Celtic myths.

MacCulloch, J.A., The Religion of the Ancient Celts, Constable 1992. First published in 1911 and out of print for a long period, this is another classic study of myths, nature worship, the druids, festivals and magic.

Markdale, Jean, The Celts: Uncovering the Mythic Origins of Western Culture, Inner Traditions International, 1993. An exploration of myth that reveals the culture that gave rise to it, and aims to place Celtic culture in a dominant context in Europe.

O Nuallain, Sean, Stone Circles in Ireland, Country House 1995. An illustrated guide to stone circles by an archaeologist.

Raftery, Barry, Pagan Celtic Ireland, The Enigma of the Irish Iron Age, Thames & Hudson 1994. Comprehensive account by world-renowned authority of archaeological research that links sites to the ancient legends.

Rolleston, T. W. Celtic Myths and Legends, Dover 1990. Originally published in 1917, this book includes not only the tales, but surveys the sites of ancient myths. The glossary is especially useful.

Wilson, David A. Ireland: A Bicycle and a Tin Whistle, McGill-Queens University Press 1995. An account of Professor Wilson's adventures cycling around Ireland in search of traditional music. Entertaining and informative.

Yeats, W.B. The Book of Fairy and Folk Tales of Ireland, Southmark 1996. Originally published in two volumes in 1888 and 1892, this is a wonderful collection of tales that Yeats, the great Irish poet, and others recorded for posterity.

Young, Ella, Celtic Wonder-Tales, Dover 1995. Fourteen Celtic Tales gold by a poet and mythologist.

Zaczek, Iain and David Lyons, Ancient Ireland, Prospero Books 1998. Text by Zaczek and gorgeous photos by Lyons of ancient Irish sites including several of those mentioned in The Celtic Riddle.