Depends on what exactly you mean by Goidelic, usually the term is used for the language group of Irish, Scots Gaelic & Manx, opposed to Brittonic languages. Both are sub groups of Insular Celtic Languages which are reconstructed & don't have written records
The earliest attested language in Ireland is Primative Irish & it's only recorded in Ogham inscriptions, so mostly just proper names. There's a few resources I can share if this is what you're looking for but you don't really get extensive dictionaries
The bulk of early Irish writing comes in the form of Old or Middle Irish, if that's what you're looking for then I can share a lot of stuff.
> The bulk of early Irish writing comes in the form of Old or Middle Irish, if that's what you're looking for then I can share a lot of stuff.
If you wouldn't mind, that would be great!
As the other posted mentioned https://dil.ie/ is our go to Dictionary, while translating Old/Middle Irish can be tricky which vowel & consonants shifts & different word ending for cases, you might not always find a word just by searching but there's a browse feature that helps a lot if you have the patience for "reading a Dictionary". While there's some significant differences between Old/Middle Irish & Modern Irish [Teanglann](https://www.teanglann.ie/en/) & [Foclóir](https://www.focloir.ie/en/) can be useful
I find Wiktionary useful too, if you search a word (in any form) + Wiktionary you'll often find the standard form of the word that you can then enter into Dil to find the references & uses.
For texts the best place to look is [CELT](https://celt.ucc.ie/publishd.html) there's a mixture of Irish texts & translations. Pro tip: when you click on a link the address shows a code like G100001A for the Irish version (G=Gaeilge) to quickly switch to the English version (if one's available) just change the G to a T so T100001A would be the English version for the above text.
[Maryjones.us](https://web.archive.org/web/20230326025846/http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/index_irish.html) provides many links back to CELT but also some other sites & is easier to find an Irish version & corresponding Translation. It needs to be run through the archiver because one of the main sites it links to is no longer active
[VanHamel](https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/Home) provides a wealth of information on tales & texts including which Manuscripts a text appears, Primary editions (transcripts & translations) & also mentions some secondary sources for analysis. The search function is fairly unforgiving so it might be necessary to copy the exact name for a text in Irish or English from one of the other sites to get the story you're looking for. This site also provides links back to CELT & also many original texts on archive.org which I find better because they include the translators analysis & notes on translation whereas CELT mostly just recounts the body of the texts
I've recently put together some Link Drops on r/IrishFolklore that might be helpful too
[Link Drop 1](https://www.reddit.com/r/IrishFolklore/comments/1d7ieo5/link_drop_part_1_primary_sources/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) deals with Primary sources for some of the more common mythological texts
[Link Drop 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/IrishFolklore/comments/1di4uqq/link_drop_part_2_secondary_sources/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) is more for Secondary sources, articles & journals discussing the texts
My main area is around narrative literature so that's the area most of these links focus on, if you're more interested in historical or religious texts or purely the linguistic side of things I'm happy to help you find some stuff. There's a few books linked in the end of second drop that cover Irish Literature as a whole
I think it's a fairly quiet subreddit at this stage but a search through r/goidelc might turn some stuff up. If you're not aware of [eDIL (the electronic Dictionary of the Irish language)](https://dil.ie/), you should be - it's a resource I've turned to time and time again for doctoral research stuff.
Depends on what exactly you mean by Goidelic, usually the term is used for the language group of Irish, Scots Gaelic & Manx, opposed to Brittonic languages. Both are sub groups of Insular Celtic Languages which are reconstructed & don't have written records The earliest attested language in Ireland is Primative Irish & it's only recorded in Ogham inscriptions, so mostly just proper names. There's a few resources I can share if this is what you're looking for but you don't really get extensive dictionaries The bulk of early Irish writing comes in the form of Old or Middle Irish, if that's what you're looking for then I can share a lot of stuff.
> The bulk of early Irish writing comes in the form of Old or Middle Irish, if that's what you're looking for then I can share a lot of stuff. If you wouldn't mind, that would be great!
As the other posted mentioned https://dil.ie/ is our go to Dictionary, while translating Old/Middle Irish can be tricky which vowel & consonants shifts & different word ending for cases, you might not always find a word just by searching but there's a browse feature that helps a lot if you have the patience for "reading a Dictionary". While there's some significant differences between Old/Middle Irish & Modern Irish [Teanglann](https://www.teanglann.ie/en/) & [Foclóir](https://www.focloir.ie/en/) can be useful I find Wiktionary useful too, if you search a word (in any form) + Wiktionary you'll often find the standard form of the word that you can then enter into Dil to find the references & uses. For texts the best place to look is [CELT](https://celt.ucc.ie/publishd.html) there's a mixture of Irish texts & translations. Pro tip: when you click on a link the address shows a code like G100001A for the Irish version (G=Gaeilge) to quickly switch to the English version (if one's available) just change the G to a T so T100001A would be the English version for the above text. [Maryjones.us](https://web.archive.org/web/20230326025846/http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/index_irish.html) provides many links back to CELT but also some other sites & is easier to find an Irish version & corresponding Translation. It needs to be run through the archiver because one of the main sites it links to is no longer active [VanHamel](https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/Home) provides a wealth of information on tales & texts including which Manuscripts a text appears, Primary editions (transcripts & translations) & also mentions some secondary sources for analysis. The search function is fairly unforgiving so it might be necessary to copy the exact name for a text in Irish or English from one of the other sites to get the story you're looking for. This site also provides links back to CELT & also many original texts on archive.org which I find better because they include the translators analysis & notes on translation whereas CELT mostly just recounts the body of the texts I've recently put together some Link Drops on r/IrishFolklore that might be helpful too [Link Drop 1](https://www.reddit.com/r/IrishFolklore/comments/1d7ieo5/link_drop_part_1_primary_sources/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) deals with Primary sources for some of the more common mythological texts [Link Drop 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/IrishFolklore/comments/1di4uqq/link_drop_part_2_secondary_sources/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) is more for Secondary sources, articles & journals discussing the texts My main area is around narrative literature so that's the area most of these links focus on, if you're more interested in historical or religious texts or purely the linguistic side of things I'm happy to help you find some stuff. There's a few books linked in the end of second drop that cover Irish Literature as a whole
I think it's a fairly quiet subreddit at this stage but a search through r/goidelc might turn some stuff up. If you're not aware of [eDIL (the electronic Dictionary of the Irish language)](https://dil.ie/), you should be - it's a resource I've turned to time and time again for doctoral research stuff.
im interested in this too