Introduction
Since the Library was established it has been one of our duties to collect extensively in the fields of the other Celtic Languages besides Welsh, and the history and culture of the Ancient Celts. (See the Welsh Collection page for further information regarding this collection). Through our status as a Legal Deposit Library we receive any relevant publication from the UK and Ireland and in addition we purchase and receive as donations a large number of foreign publications in order to add to the scope of our holdings.
Until the mid eighties of the last century we also bought extensively in the area of the history of the other modern Celtic countries. Though we continue to receive any publication from the UK or Ireland in this area under the Legal Deposit Act, the huge growth in publishing the history of Ireland and Scotland especially, means that we do not necessarily buy a copy of every work that has not reached us by other means. Please find below the main areas of the collection.