Filíocht
This page will index all of the articles involving poetry that are on this site. To the Irish (and Scots, Manx, Cornish, Welsh, Breton, and all other Celts), poetry was learning, magic, and ritual all rolled up into one. The world was created for humans through poetry, and poetry defined the future of one's soul. Poetry was the fire of iomas (inspiration) coursing through the world.
Poetics - description of how the oldest poetic forms were structured in Ireland
Subject and Ornament - description of the sorts of subject matter used in Gaelic poetry, and of the sorts of embellishments and motifs used.