Gaelicwarfare was the type of warfare practiced by the Gaelic peoples (the Irish, Scottish, and Manx), in the pre-modern period. Irish warfare was for...
Gaelic Ireland (Irish: Éire Ghaelach) was the Gaelic political and social order, and associated culture, that existed in Ireland from the late prehistoric...
media help. Irish (Standard Irish: Gaeilge), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic (/ˈɡeɪlɪk/ GAY-lik), is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic...
Hill, James Michael (1999). "Chapter 6 : GaelicWarfare 1453-1815". In Black, Jeremy (ed.). European Warfare, 1450–1815 (Problems in Focus). London: Macmillan...
Ancient warfare Roman–Gallic wars Gallic Invasion of the Balkans Galatian War Celtiberian Wars Cantabrian Wars Gallic Wars Dacian warfareGaelicwarfare Germanic...
prayer from Moses after being bitten by a snake, is said to have created the Gaelic language by combining the best features of the 72 languages then in existence...
Irish: [ˈfʲiən̪ˠə]; singular Fian; Scottish Gaelic: Fèinne [ˈfeːɲə]) were small warrior-hunter bands in Gaelic Ireland during the Iron Age and early Middle...
professional "guards" around a king, who formed the backbone of an army in the Gaelicwarfare of Medieval Ireland, having chosen military service as a career. Daibhi...
A claymore (/ˈkleɪmɔːr/; from Scottish Gaelic: claidheamh-mòr, "great sword") is either the Scottish variant of the late medieval two-handed sword or the...
Great Battles, OUP, p.5 Hill, J. M. "Chapter 6 : GaelicWarfare 1453-1815" in Black, . European Warfare, 1450-1815 London: Macmillan Press. pp. 201–224...
(Cornish), and Wales (Welsh), whilst Goidelic or Gaelic languages are spoken in Scotland (Scottish Gaelic), Ireland (Irish), and the Isle of Man (Manx)....
Islands of Scotland, 1975 reprint. Hill, J. M., The Distinctiveness of GaelicWarfare, 1400–1750, in The European History Quarterly, vol. 22, 1992.T Lesley...
Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, Conmhaícne, and Delbhna). Between...
the Catholic Gaelic Irish, most notably at Shrule in 1642. A third of the overall population was reported to have perished due to warfare, famine and plague...
Hiberno-Norman lordships and the Gaelic territories into the Kingdom of Ireland provided the impetus for ongoing warfare, notable examples being the 1st...
of the island – referred to subsequently as Gaelic Ireland – remained under the control of various Gaelic Irish kingdoms or chiefdoms, who were often...
A Scottish clan (from Scottish Gaelic clann, literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred') is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense...
The Lochaber axe (Gaelic: tuagh-chatha) is a type of poleaxe that was used almost exclusively in Scotland. It was usually mounted on a staff about five...
Tanistry is a Gaelic system for passing on titles and lands. In this system the Tanist (Irish: Tánaiste; Scottish Gaelic: Tànaiste; Manx: Tanishtey) is...
century in Gaelic Ireland and Scotland. They differ from other Gaelic mythological cycles in the strength of their links with the Gaelic-speaking community...
class of elite mercenary warriors who were principally members of the Norse-Gaelic clans of Ireland and Scotland between the mid 13th century and late 16th...
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