Gaelic literature

Introduction

Gaelic literature, literature in the native tongue of Ireland and Scotland. Since Scots Gaelic became separate from Irish Gaelic only in the 17th cent., the literature is conventionally divided into Old Irish (before 900), Middle Irish (until 1350), Late Middle or Early Modern Irish (until 1650), and Modern Irish and Scots Gaelic (from 1650).

Sections in this article:

Introduction
Gaelic in the Modern World
Modern Scots Gaelic
Late Middle Irish and Modern Irish
Middle Irish
Old Irish
Bibliography

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