The Irish galley was a vessel in use in the West of Ireland down to the seventeenth century, and was propelled both by oars and sail. In fundamental respects it resembled the Scottish galley or bìrlinn, their mutual ancestor being the Viking longship. Both the Irish and Scottish versions were colloquially known as "longa fada" (longships). The Irish galley was commonly an eight or twelve-oared vessel and was used for both warfare and trade. It was notable for its speed when rowed.
Conventional galleys were being built in a number of Irish ports in the fourteenth century, and were even commissioned by the English Crown.[1] The use of such oared vessels in Northern Europe, in contrast to the Mediterranean, had greatly declined by the sixteenth century; their survival in the west of Ireland, as in the Scottish Isles, was facilitated by very local conditions, among them the ready availability of bays and islands.
The Irishgalley was a vessel in use in the West of Ireland down to the seventeenth century, and was propelled both by oars and sail. In fundamental respects...
A galley was a type of ship which relied mostly on oars for propulsion that was used for warfare, trade, and piracy mostly in the seas surrounding Europe...
The Galley Head Lighthouse is an active 19th century lighthouse outside of Rosscarbery, County Cork, on the south coast of Ireland. The lighthouse is situated...
The birlinn (Scottish Gaelic: bìrlinn) or West Highland galley was a wooden vessel propelled by sail and oar, used extensively in the Hebrides and West...
type, in use from Scotland, all round the English coast and across in Ireland. Galleys had been in use for trade and warfare since at least the 8th century...
The Ouzel Galley was an Irish merchant ship that set sail from Dublin in the late seventeenth century and was presumed lost with all hands when she failed...
mentioned in literature. Boats used in Gaelic Ireland include canoes, currachs, sailboats and Irishgalleys. Ferryboats were used to cross wide rivers and...
Road bowling (Irish: Ból an bhóthair; also called [long] bullets) is an Irish sport in which competitors attempt to take the fewest throws to propel a...
the sails and armament of a galleon with the maneuverability of the oared galley. While never quite matching up to the full expectations for its design,...
shoving Manskar) and pouring himself more champagne from bottles in the galley, against regulations.: 2 As takeoff approached, Manskar was able to take...
The Luxborough Galley was an English ship owned by the South Sea Company which in 1727 burnt, exploded and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Twelve of the crew...
Bona" of Palazzo Pitti, Florence. In 1611 Spanish galleys from Naples, accompanied by the galleys of the Knights of Malta, raided the Kerkennah Islands...
barony, and thus a right to sit in the Irish House of Lords, which was to run in parallel with England's. The Irish law of the tribes did not suit such an...
girl's grandmother, Mardy, “Nana,” a former army nurse, treats it in the aft galley with a makeshift splint. Meanwhile, a rescue crew arrives by helicopter...
positively received. The planned third instalment is named Waterblack. Galley Beggar Press will publish the remainder of the trilogy. The novel has received...
sea-power with fleets of galleys (birlinns). Although they were, at times, nominal vassals of the kings of Norway, Ireland, or Scotland, the island chiefs...
their fleets of galleys, and their forces battled in Ireland, the Hebrides, Wales, and the Isle of Man. The importance of the galley to the sea-Kings...
White-throated dipper or water ouzel American dipper or water ouzel Ouzel Galley, an Irish merchant ship "Iomramh an Ousel", a poem by Séamus Ó Néill Woozle (disambiguation)...
(secondary coordinates) This is a list of lighthouses in Ireland. The Commissioners of Irish Lights are responsible for the majority of marine navigation...
was knowingly famous for Thin Lizzy and Tygers of Pan Tang. Guitarist Mel Galley was also dismissed after an injury that impacted his nerves, while Coverdale's...
The Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award is an annual award for Irish authors of fiction, established in 1995. It was previously known as the Kerry...
put into service by her new owner as an Irish Sea trading vessel, sailing out of the River Mersey to various Irish ports carrying cargoes such as grain,...
Galway, in the west of Ireland. The area has a strong association with traditional Irish culture and contains much of the Connacht Irish-speaking Gaeltacht...
maritime wars were undertaken with fleets of thirty to forty galleys. The Barbary galleys formed the Western naval division of the Ottoman fleets. Their...
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establishment of a cetacean sanctuary. In June 1991, the Irish Government responded by declaring Irish Waters to be the first European whale and dolphin sanctuary...
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