"O Lady of the Fair Hair, sing to me of the fair ancient land. Your divine voice whispers the poetry of magic that flow through the wind, like sweet-tasting water of the Boyne."

"Girls, forever young and beautiful, dancing around the broken dun, where long forgotten heroes sang of victory and drank ales to old memories."

"Sing to me one last time, Goddess of the Fair Hair, before my old ear fail me. Let me see you dance, Before your beauty fade away from my failing sight."

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In the recent era, there has been a revival of interest in Celtic arts. Many artists have worked with the themes drawn from ancient or medieval Celtic art and been inspired by Celtic literary themes. Some of this work has remained very close to the style of original Iron Age Celtic artwork, but much of it has a distinctly new feel. Historically, Celtic art emerged as an identifiable tradition in about 600 BC and flourished until the mid-1st century AD.

The Celtic peoples forged the first civilization north of the Alps. From smiths in the late Bronze and early Iron age to the early Christian Era, a wealth of objects were produced that changed the course of history. Some of these include the first chainmail armour, iron-rimmed wheels, and the iron plowshare. The Celts also gave shape to chisels and saws, tin snips, and hammers, and were the first to put iron shoes on horses. Mastery over metal was a hallmark of Celtic civilization.

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