Students: Please note that some readings are designated as recommended. In those cases, the same guidelines apply as for those recommended in
the printed syllabus: you should read as many as possible, but at least
half of them.
Week 01 (6/22 and 6/24)
The Tiree Archive (RECOMMENDED READING)
Week 02 (6/29 and 7/1)
Photo of Iron Age broch in Scotland
Photo of passage grave in Ireland
Photo of standing stones in Ireland
Photo of Herat, Afghanistan (RECOMMENDED READING)
Overview of Indo-European (RECOMMENDED READING)
Overview of the Celtic Family (RECOMMENDED READING)
Photos of the Antonine Wall (RECOMMENDED READING) Photos of the temple of Lydney (RECOMMENDED READING)
Week 04 (7/13 and 7/15)
Selection from Nennius (RECOMMENDED READING)
Photo of Offa's Dyke
(RECOMMENDED READING)
Transcripts from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Photo of a Celtic idol in Ulster
Photo of a fairy thorn tree in Ulster
Photos of an Iron Age fort in the Aran Islands
Photos of an ancient fortress in County Donegal
Photo a sacred spring in the West of Ireland
Photos of a monastery in the Wicklow Mountains (RECOMMENDED READING)
The Confession of St. Patrick (RECOMMENDED READING)
Pages from the Lindisfarne Gospels
Week 06 (7/27 and 7/29)
Photo of Dunollie Castle (RECOMMENDED READING)
Photo of Stalker Castle (RECOMMENDED READING)
Photo of Duart Castle (RECOMMENDED READING)
Battle of the Sheaves on Tiree (RECOMMENDED READING)
Photo of a "black house," Isle of Tiree
Photos of the Scottish Highlands
Photo of Carlingford (RECOMMENDED READING)
Photo of the Norman castle at Trim, in Ireland
Photo of Carrickfergus Castle (RECOMMENDED READING)
Photo of Caernarfon Castle, Wales
Other photos of Caernarvon Castle
The Coronation Stone in Edinburgh Castle
Picture of a cannon from the Spanish Armada (RECOMMENDED READING)
Picture of Trinity College Dublin
History of Trinity College Dublin
The Columbian Exchange (RECOMMENDED READING)
Pictures related to the Highland Clearances
Ohio State Library
Photo of chambered cairn in Scotland
Week 03 (7/6 and 7/8)
Photos of Hadrian's Wall (RECOMMENDED READING)
Selection from Gildas (RECOMMENDED READING)
Week 05 (7/20 and 7/22)The Story of MacDatho's Pig (in Old Irish and in English)
Walter Scott's Rob Roy, Chapter 19 (RECOMMENDED READING)
Week 07 (8/3 and 8/5)
Photos of Cumbria
Week 08 (8/10 and 8/12)
Pictures and history of Carrickfergus (RECOMMENDED READING)
Week 09 (8/17 and 8/19)
Pictures of Tobermory
Week 10 (8/24 and 8/26)
Aberystwyth, Wales
(RECOMMENDED READING)
The Last Invasion of Britain (RECOMMENDED READING)
Pictures of the Falls Road, Belfast (RECOMMENDED READING)
