Classic Studies on the Ancient Irish church offers a wealth of perspectives on the history of the early Irish Church and the lives of its saints. It offers valuable insight from noted nineteenth- and twentieth-century Celtic scholars and historians, such as Charles Plummer and Whitley Stokes, along with translations of Lives of Irish saints into Latin, Irish, Middle Irish, and English. The collection brings together fact and legend, poetry and prose, and historical and modern thought, delving into the past to illuminate the storied history of Christianity’s beginnings in Ireland.

Brendaniana is “a miscellaneous collection of ‘matters and things’ relating to St. Brendan, the patron of the dioceses of Clonfert and Ardfert,” writes Denis O’Donoghue, parish priest of St. Brenden’s at Ardfert. O’Donoghue translates several valuable texts relating to St. Brendan, including the widely popular “Tale of the Sea” and the Latin Life of the saint.