Celtic Community Resources

Our very own lecturer Dr. Ciara Ní Riain explains the origins of Halloween.

Halloween Explained

The 2027 CSANA virtual conference will take place 25-28 February 2027, hosted by Virginia Tech and organised by Charlene Eska and Joe Eska. A call for papers will be circulated on 1 September 2026 with a deadline to submit abstracts by 15 November 2026.

Visit: Celtic Studies Association of North America

The hero Fionn mac Cumhaill is said to have defended Ireland and Scotland from foreign and supernatural threat during a legendary third-century Golden Age. The stories and songs about him and his warrior band, the Fianna, form the most prolific body of narrative in the Gaelic tradition, spanning 1,400 years of continuous literary and oral transmission. The Fionn Folklore Database was created to help researchers, singers, storytellers, students, and others discover and navigate the vast corpus of orally collected folklore about these heroes. Visit: Fionn Folklore

Boston College has a long tradition of engagement with Ireland and its culture. The University was founded, in part, to educate the children of Irish Catholic immigrants in Boston. The Irish Studies program at BC began in 1978 and is one of the leading international centers for Irish Studies.  Boston College Irish Studies

North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History. NAASWCH 

NAASWCH is a multidisciplinary association of scholars, teachers and individuals dedicated to advancing scholarship on Welsh studies, supporting the study of Welsh-American culture and fostering international bonds between scholars, teachers and the Welsh-American community.

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March 6, 2026–August 2, 2026 Harvard Art Museum

Harvard Art Museums, Celtic Across the Ages

The first major exhibition in the United States, Celtic Art Across the Ages offers an unprecedented opportunity to explore masterful metalwork, including exquisitely decorated weaponry, jewelry, and horse and chariot trappings of the first millennium BCE Iron Age and early medieval times, all brought to light through archaeological discoveries of the last 200 years.  Exhibition catalog features an essay by our Margaret Brooks Robinson Research Professsor, Catherine McKenna. 

Celtic Studies

As the world’s second, and Ireland’s only, Institute for Advanced Studies, DIAS is a globally embedded institution that attracts scholars and academics from around the world.  We conduct and publish advanced research across three disciplines: Celtic Studies, Theoretical Physics and Cosmic Physics.  DIAS also leads Ireland’s participation in a number of international research endeavours that focus on big unanswered questions for mankind.

Heroes of the Gael: A History of Fionn and the Fianna by Professor Natasha Sumner

Stories about Fionn macCumhaill (also known as Finn McCool) and his roving warrior band, the Fianna, have engaged audiences for more than a millennium. Fionn and the Fianna—Gaeldom’s defenders during a legendary third-century golden age—are the heroes of the most prolific body of narrative in the Gaelic tradition, spanning 1,400 years of oral and written transmission, from the earliest extant records to the present day. 

Published by Princeton University Press

‘Folklore and Anthropology in Conversation’

The Tenth Folklore Society – Royal Anthropological Institute Joint Seminar

Thursday 15 October, 2026, 10:00-17:00, at 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BT

Folklore Society

NYU's Center for Irish and Irish-American Studies, our mission at Glucksman Ireland House is to foster excellence in the study of Ireland, Irish America, and the Irish Diaspora in New York and the global communities.

Glucksman House Ireland

Irish History Online is the national bibliography of Irish history. It is part of a European network of national historical bibliographies from fourteen countries. It is an authoritative listing (in progress) of what has been written about Irish history from earliest times to the present.

Irish History Online