Why is the Welsh tradition more common?

[Theweirdtophat]

I don't mind but it's something I've noticed in druidic magic books and rituals is that they usually focus on the Welsh tradition, welsh deities and so forth. There isn't too many that focus specifically on the Irish or Scottish or Gaulish tradition. Is Welsh druidry more widely practiced?

 

[The Hammer]

I don't mind but it's something I've noticed in druidic magic books and rituals is that they usually focus on the Welsh tradition, welsh deities and so forth. There isn't too many that focus specifically on the Irish or Scottish or Gaulish tradition. Is Welsh druidry more widely practiced?

This is thanks to the Druid Revival in Britain that started about 150 years ago. Almost all of the sources that originally survived mentioning Druids (there isn't much, and even less that is accurate), is from Gaul, Britain and Wales. One of the most widely used texts during the revival was the notes from Julius Caesar during a conquest of Gaul, and a much later text (from the revival itself), The Mabinogion which is a book of Welsh stories and the earliest Celtic compilation. Check out this link. http://aoda.org/Articles/What_is_the_Druid_Revival.html

 

[vaguelyhumanoid]

iirc the word "druid" itself is Welsh/Brythonic. It might also have existed in Gaulish society (can't remember) but I don't think "druids" per se were ever attested in the Gaelic lands.