Gallowglasses
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Topic: Gallowglasses
Posted By: Denis
Subject: Gallowglasses
Date Posted: 20-Feb-2007 at 10:56
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Anyone know any books they can help me out with the Gallowglasses of Ireland? (Well, technically Scotland) ------------- "Death belongs to God alone. By what right do men touch that unknown thing" Victor Hugo |
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Posted By: Adalwolf
Date Posted: 20-Feb-2007 at 11:06
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Well, Gallowglasses were mercenary elites of a mixed Scoth/Irish and Norse decent from the 13th century to the 16th century. The weiled large two handed axes and two handed swords (claymores). For armor the usually used chainmail.
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Posted By: Emperor Barbarossa
Date Posted: 20-Feb-2007 at 19:13
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http://home.earthlink.net/%7Erggsibiba/html/galloglas/gallohist.html - Here is a web page about the galloglasses. http://www.amazon.com/s/105-3819629-6874865?ie=UTF8&tag=mozilla-20&index=blended&link%5Fcode=qs&field-keywords=Gallowglass&sourceid=Mozilla-search - Here is a link to the Amazon page with every book with Gallowglass inside its title. I hope this helps. ------------- 
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Posted By: Denis
Date Posted: 21-Feb-2007 at 07:09
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Thanks! ------------- "Death belongs to God alone. By what right do men touch that unknown thing" Victor Hugo |
Posted By: Emperor Barbarossa
Date Posted: 21-Feb-2007 at 19:22
No, they were just of Scots/Norse descent (Scots that are Gaelic are not necessarily Irish, neither would the English be of German descent). I know it is very trivial, but I just wanted to point that out. -------------
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Posted By: Adalwolf
Date Posted: 22-Feb-2007 at 01:12
Well, since Scots were originally from Ireland they would be of Scoth/Irish decent. ------------- Concrete is heavy; iron is hard--but the grass will prevail. Edward Abbey |
Posted By: Denis
Date Posted: 22-Feb-2007 at 05:48
In later years the Gallowglass were made up of native Irish as well to swell the ranks when the Scots took casualties. ------------- "Death belongs to God alone. By what right do men touch that unknown thing" Victor Hugo |
Posted By: Emperor Barbarossa
Date Posted: 22-Feb-2007 at 20:11
I do not think you get it, it would be like calling the English of English/German descent because they are descended from Germanic tribes. That is not fair to English, and in this case, it is not fair to Scots. However, Denis is correct in another interpretation, that the Irish did replace the Scots casualties (especially evidenced by the bagpiper playing the Irish tune "Garryowen" in the article I linked to). -------------
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