The book is dedicated to the basics of traditional ancient Irish culture, myths and everyday life of ancient Irish society. The most diverse aspects of the traditional worldview and everyday life are touched upon - time and space, marriage and family, war and hospitality, economics and power. The study, based on literary and archaeological monuments, recreates the linguistic and mythological picture of the world of Ancient Ireland. The author touches upon significant questions of ancient Irish mythology and history and gives his answers to them. Irish culture and its interaction with other cultures of the British Isles are becoming particularly relevant in the modern ethnocultural space. The work will be useful to anyone interested in the history and culture of Ireland. The book is intended for both specialists, philologists and historians, and the general reader.

3rd edition, corrected and expanded.