Druidism was the religion of the Celts and the Druids themselves were
all-powerful, taking precedence over the Celtic kings. Over and above
the evidence of classical texts and of archaeology, the richest source
of information about the Druids is the vernacular material from Ireland
and Wales. It is the author s unparalleled familiarity with the Gaelic
texts, and her ability to see Druidism through Celtic eyes, that marks
out this study from earlier books and strips away modern myths about the
Druids."