Medieval Irish Shields And European Shield Types
The oldest Irish term for a set of weapons is gaisce, a compound of two separate words: ga “spear” andContinue Reading
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The oldest Irish term for a set of weapons is gaisce, a compound of two separate words: ga “spear” andContinue Reading
The modern Irish word for the game of chess is ficheall. However this term, literally “wood wisdom” or “wood sense”,Continue Reading
I thought some readers might be interested in these two links from the Mediaevalist.Net. The first one leads to aContinue Reading
The Discovery Programme, a national archaeological research body supported by the Heritage Council, has been publishing some fantastic 3D models forContinue Reading
In simple terms, a crannóg is an artificial island of variable size and height, roughly circular or oval in shape,Continue Reading