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Sciath and Starga: 16th Century Gaelic Irish Shields
Gaelic Irish shields in the 16th century seem to have been of two distinct varieties. The general word for shield, sciath, was originally...
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Feb 8, 20228 min read
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Irish Ring Pommel Sword: New Insight into Use
The 2014 discovery of a new example of a sixteenth century Irish ring pommel sword has provided fresh insights into this weapon.
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Aug 20, 202112 min read
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The Saffron Shirt, Part 1: Saffron and Silk, Urine and Grease
The Irish saffron shirt (léine croich) and mantle followed a similar trajectory to that of their lineal descendant, Highland dress. ...
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Apr 30, 202142 min read
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Wright’s Chieftains: A Tale of Two Paintings
Two of the most important visual documents of traditional Gaelic dress have been somewhat overlooked, their full value obscured by a...
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Feb 2, 202130 min read
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A Fight With O'Rourke: 1589
This account of the government’s final engagement with Brian na Múrtha O’Rourke provides a vivid picture of the nature of Elizabethan...
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Dec 12, 202010 min read
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Irish Tower Houses: a Spotter’s Guide
Rough men-at-arms, cross-gartered to the knees
Or shod in iron, climbed the narrow stairs
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Sep 16, 202012 min read
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O’Donnell’s Kern—A Sixteenth-Century Campfire Tale
So there you have the Circuit of Manannán mac Lir of the tuatha dé danann, who used to be going round Ireland.
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Aug 24, 202012 min read
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Irish Domestics: Household of an Irish Chief
Everything in common but the bed.
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Apr 11, 202010 min read
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Horseboys: Irish Lackeys, Irish Footmanship—Part 2
“A Teague! A Teague! Well run, Irish!”
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Mar 28, 20207 min read
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A Rising-Out of MacSweeneys armed “According to the Usage of the Country.”
And it was then that a levy of galloglasses was made on Clann Suibhne, and this is how the levy was made.
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Feb 14, 20206 min read
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Galloglass vs. Redshank: Don’t Fight Over Spilt Milk.
"Fight it out in the fair fields."
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Feb 7, 20203 min read
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