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Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. For a better shopping experience, please upgrade now. Javascript is not enabled in your browser. Enabling JavaScript in your browser will allow you to experience all the features of our site. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser. Home 1 Books 2. Add to Wishlist. Sign in to Purchase Instantly. Members save with free shipping everyday! See details. Thousands fought in Ireland, and yet so far there has been only one detailed account of the galloglass, and this work concentrates on the clan and family structures of the galloglass, and not their experience as warriors. This book provides Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior first detailed military history of these Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior warriors. About the Author Fergus Cannan is a writer and historian descended from an assortment of Highland warriors, Jacobites and bonnet lairds. With degrees from King's College London and Bristol University, he is a countryman who worked for eight years in museums, and has published widely on the military, social and art history of the medieval British Isles. Show More. Bloomsbury USA. Warrior Galloglass – Gaelic Mercenary Warrior by Fergus Cannan

Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Galloglass — by Fergus Cannan. Thousands fought in Ireland, and Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior so far there has been only one detailed account of the galloglass, and this work concentrates on the clan and family structures of the galloglass, and not their experience as warriors. This book provides the first detailed military history of these fearsome warriors. Get A Copy. Paperback64 pages. More Details Original Title. Osprey Warrior Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Galloglass —please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Galloglass — Gaelic Mercenary Warrior. Mar 30, Wolfgang Schwerdt rated it really liked it Shelves: arch-ologie-geschichte. The must have book for anybody who is interested in either the Gallowglass or Irish history between the Norman invasion and the Battle of Kinsale. Readable and at the same time detailed complete with excellent illustrations. May 14, S. Howarth rated it really liked it Shelves: history- archaeology-biographyresearch-books. Surprisingly interesting with sone well detailed accounts. Useful reference for medieval warfare and mercs. Feb 08, Bill rated it really liked it. I read this to find out more about my possible Sweeney lineage. The MacSweeneys were certainly a major part of this portrayal of the gallowglass. Dec 06, Kurt Criscione rated it it was amazing Shelves: historical. Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior history and look into the origin of Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior family names. Hisham rated it liked it Jul 24, James Wilson Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior it it was amazing Nov 09, Dave Lewis rated it liked it Aug 23, Dave rated it really liked it Jan 15, William Paley rated it really liked it Sep 16, Dennis Flynn rated it it was amazing May 06, Heine rated it liked it Aug 25, Paul rated it liked it Nov 03, Alia rated it it was amazing Sep 15, Wolf rated it liked it Jun 16, Erwin rated it really liked it Jan 05, Barry rated it really liked it Aug 18, Kim Cole rated it it was amazing May 01, Christian Barde rated it it was amazing Dec 25, Old-Barbarossa rated it it was ok May 29, Steiner rated it really liked it Mar 06, Hughes rated it really liked it Nov 03, Jose Vidal rated it really liked it Mar 01, James Sterritt rated it it was amazing Apr 01, Jack McCabe rated it really liked it Feb 07, Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior James rated Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior it was amazing Dec 09, Eoghan Rua rated it really liked it Dec 23, Mark A Simmons rated it really liked it Jan 14, Angelis Konstantinos rated it it was amazing Jun 06, There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Readers also enjoyed. About Fergus Cannan. Fergus Cannan. Other books in the series. Osprey Warrior 1 - 10 of books. Books by Fergus Cannan. Escape the Present with These 24 Historical Romances. You know the saying: There's no time like the present In that case, we can't Read more Trivia About Galloglass — No trivia or quizzes yet. Welcome back. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Cannan -- Galloglass

His Gaelic forebears were involved in many of the events detailed in this book. H has also written a book about Scottish arms and armour, and presented do urn ntary about battles of the Scottish War for Independence featured on th Blu my r I as of Braveheart. All rights reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 19B8, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electroniC, electrical, chemical, mechanical, optical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Enquiries should be addressed to the Publishers. All reproduction copyright whatsoever is retained by the Publishers. Freelance galloglass Ranks and unit structure Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior consabal Pay and rations. Billets and accommodation. The dynamics of the raid. Surprise and night attacks. Standing guard. Vanguard and attack To hand blows. The defensive screen. Rearguard actions. Famine and homicide. Vassals and empire builders The lord's galloglass Into government service. Constables of the Pale Retirement and reward. Edward Bruce invade Ireland and is crowned High King rhe following year. Autumn: famine spreads rhrough Ireland. English 10 e control of Ulster and Connachr. Firsr reference to Mac abe galloglass in Ireland. As a mercenary in a land broken by conflict, his sole function was to fight and his only contribution to society wa de truction. Ireland was the country in which he fought; Ireland's chiefs and warlords were his paymasters. Without the protection of galloglass, no Irish chief could hope to tay in power. In war, they formed his elite vanguard; in peace, they acted a Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior bodyguards and enforcers of his will. From a time when Edward I was still a young prince and Robert Bruce not yet born, until the age of Shake peare and Ral igh, galloglas wer [reland's most fearsome fighting men. Yet the galJoglas did not originate in Ireland. His homelands were the island and coastal region of Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior rugged western seaboard, primarily Argyll and the Western Isle. It i thi gall that is present in 'galloglass', an Anglicization of the Gaelic ga1l6glach, or Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior its plural form gall6glaigh. Together with 6glach, Gaelic for 'youth', ' ervant' or 'warrior', 'galloglass' tran lates literally as 'foreign warrior', and by implication a 'warrior from the orsemen's Isles'. Henry II of England lands in Ireland, claiming ir as a subject land. MacRory galloglaigh serving in Ireland. MacSweeney warriors mentioned in Ireland for the firsr rime. Wesrern Isles ceded to Scotland by Norway. MacDonnell galloglass mentioned for firsr rime in earliest known use of rerm 'galloglass' in full. Firsr mention of Mac heehy galloglass in Ireland. Rebellion in Mun rer. Dublin Parliament made ubjecr to decisions of English Privy ouncil. Pale limired to Dublin and mall surrounding area stretching to Clongowes. Ireland in revoir. Planrarion of Offaly and Laois. Earl of Desmond killed by government forces. Plantarion of rvlunsrer and Leinster. Hugh 0' eill and Red lugh O'Donnell now in rebellion in Ulsrer. A two- handed axe, held aloft on the left, indicates the presence of O'Neill's MacDonnell constable of galloglass at the ceremony. Already deepiy involved in irish affairs by the time of the Bruce invasion, many joined with the Scots assault on Ireland. These MacDonaIds probabiy found themselves in reduced circumstances and became galloglass in Ireland. National Maritime Museum, London 'Home' to Ireland Arriving in their longships in the middle years of the 13th century, the galloglass settled first in the north of Ireland before spreading out across the land. Immediately the advance of the English was checked. Scots quickly acquired a reputation for being instigators of revolt in Ireland - or as the English general Sir Henry Bagenal put it much Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior inGalloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior being Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior 'firebrand and nurse of rebellion' in Ireland. Scottish galloglass, generally Highland noblemen of a rather minor, restlessly ambitious or disgraced sort, liked to be flattered by the Irish bards as 'exiled' heroes returning to rescue the Irish 'motherland'. The reality was that most of them simply saw Ireland as a playground for their ambition and a new land to Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior. Nor did they have much interest in the plight of the ordinary Irish people. The Irish people they were interested in were the chiefs and lords of the country - those with money and power to give them. Foolishly, but understandably, Dermot appealed to England for help. Soon, land-hungry English and Welsh knights were pouring into Ireland. A terrible war of conquest had begun. The native chiefs fought back but, lacking a single king to rally behind, suffered defeat after defeat. By the middle of the next century the English had succeeded in establishing a permanent enclave Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior Dublin known as the 'Pale', from the Latin for 'stake'. The Irish chiefs faced a stark choice: perish or bring yet more foreign fighters into their country. The foreigners they turned to were the galloglass. Plantation of Ulster begins. Highland and Island Scots were warriors to the bone. Their ancestors were a mix of warlike Celtic tribesmen and Viking soldier-seafarers, and the two cultures had fused together to create a violent society of tempe tuous, ruddy- skinned men. Life in these parts wa based around sub i tence agriculture, fishing, hunting, fighting and feuding. This was a world in which conflict was a part of daily life. For a young Highlander who had not inherited land or position, prospects were few. Everyday life was so hazardous - whether as a fisherman riding the waves or a peasant famer driving his meagre flock across wind-lashed moors - that it wa no great leap into the unknown to become a soldier. For those up to the challenge, it was worth taking a chance in Ireland. Yet many of the first galloglass - including the MacSweeneys, MacDoweJls and many MacDonnells - were not men choosing to seek their fortunes in Ireland, but exiles who had been ejected or otherwise fallen foul of Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior King of Scots. Ireland offer d th both the prospect of power ndl, n I, and the opportunity to parti 'i, ' I ' in a to Scottish eyes h I' i ", I' j 'ain t the English - ad" I ,llll',' tive proposition for an s" Scot. However, in the MacSweens as the name is spelt in Scotland lost their lands, with royal backing, to the Stewarts of Menteith. Moving to Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior, they sought revenge by siding with England during the war for Scottish independence. It was an impossible task but the MacSweens rose instead to become a great power in Ireland as mercenaries. Author's image c. Like probably the majority of gallogla ,h i from the outh or midlands of Ireland, picked up by an enterpri ing cion of one of the great gallogla clans, moving outhward from the original mercenary trongholds in the north. Lewis Irish galloglass But the cots galloglass were relatively few in numb r ,I influence they b gan recruiting local Iri hmen to ill ut their mercenary brigade. We can visualize on th II young peasant lad, hardy and brave, though m r b 1 and from the lowliest of backgrounds. Still onl t been blighted by war, famine and crop failur. The m n in Ireland w uld du I and raid, but the general population knew nothing of the 'arts of war'. In tI nd every Highlander considered him elf a warrior. For him, th r '" u h thing as 'civilian' life. Anyone who crossed him did so at th ir r I"rom early childhood, fighting had f rmed an e ential par hi Soldiering was what he did be t. In any alliance with th th valuable commodity he had to offer Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior his skill a III I. In cattle and land were the currency of status; now c t m n h I I currency of power. Scottish homelands of the galloglass. His bride 2continue the same annals, brought 'eight score 6glaigh' young warriors with her, together with one 'Alan MacSomhairle'. This Alan 3 was Dugall's younger brother and the commander of the warriors, who were certainly galloglass - the missing prefix gall is found in the peculiar nickname of the groom, later called by the Loch Ce annals Aodh na-nGall - 'Hugh of the Foreigners'. Alan, depicted here as a heavily-armed nobleman with strong echoes of Scandinavian Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior in his attire, v ntually returned to Scotland on the death of his brother, succeeding as Lord of Garmoran. Marriage was an important mechanism for the transfer of galloglass from Scotland to Ir land, and for their subsequent spread Galloglass 1250- 1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior Ireland. In fact, Scots had been serving in Irish armies for a long time before 12S9. Romance was, of course, incidental to the purpose of th 0' Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior MacRory marriage, and others like it: this was about building an alliance of pow r b tw n two great Gaelic houses. With good reason, O'Connor looks with wonderment and dW. It his Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior and her warlike entourage. Perrot warned of 12 months' imprisonment and a fine for any 'son of a husbandman or ploughman' who 'will become a kern, galloglass, or horse-boy, or will take any other idle trade of life'. The implication is that these are the usual suspects who volunteered for galloglass service: Irish farm-boys who had had enough of poverty, back- breaking manual labour and English domination. Robert Cowley, an Anglo-Irish government official, said of galloglass in that 'amongst of them' there would be 'scant eight' who were 'gentlemen', with 'all the residue' akin to 'slaves' gathered out of different parts of Ireland. Those eight 'gentlemen' Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior likely to be Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior of one family and name, and would be not only be the unit's officers, but effectively the board of management of what was, for them, a family enterprise. The MacRorys then emerged as dogged supporters of Bruce, but in their last male chief in Scotland was slain by the Earl of Ross.