If Tyrone had even a small number of old-style Gallowglass, the slaughter would have been much greater. But the Irish transition to the earl's modernised force meant the potentially decisive shock action of a few hundred heavily armoured infantry just wasn't available

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1534: "Silken Thomas" Fitzgerald, 10th Earl of Kildare, heard rumours his father executed. Rode to St Mary's Abbey, Dublin with 140 gallowglasses! Renounced allegiance to cousin King Henry VIII! Henry confined his father to the Tower! Revolt followed! Father d. months later!

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OTD 1596 Capt Dowdall reported Tyrone's had 'drawn the greatest part of their kern to be musketeers & their gallowglass pikes, they want no furniture neither of muskets, fowling pieces, calivers, swords, graven morions, powder and shot'..'how cometh?'-good question

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Gallowglass Jhala

Trying to paint more but I honestly don't fully understand what I'm doing atm. I'll figure it out.

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Different things, gallowglass heavy armoured infantry originally from Scotland (but now living in Ireland). Redshanks were seasonal troops raised in west of Scotland and isles, light infantry armed with swords, targets and bows.

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The English poured fire from both flanks with muskets which out-ranged the defenders smaller calivers. Capt. Lee was one of the officers who led the assault which saw them 'wading through to their arm holes'. 300 Irish were killed primarily MacSweeny gallowglass & Scots redshanks

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ううはよ読み終わりたい…いやそうまでして読むのか?とも思うんですが、ここまで読んだらやめられないというとこまで来ておりまして。

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Ian Walsh and Gallowhands the Gallowglass. Bust commission for

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In medieval Ireland, many Irish lords imported skilled mercenaries from the West Highlands. These Scots-Norse “Gallowglass” were elite warriors who achieved privilege in Irish society. By Dürer’s time, many were from powerful families who'd acquired their own estates in Ireland.

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If Tyrone had even a small number of old-style Gallowglass, the slaughter would have been much greater. But the Irish transition to the earl's modernised force meant the potentially decisive shock action of a few hundred heavily armoured infantry just wasn't available

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Part one of the time lapse for my recent drawing of my Masks character Gallowglass. This one got away from me a bit haha
https://t.co/2JOMjiA8Al

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1534: "Silken Thomas" Fitzgerald, 10th Earl of Kildare, heard rumours his father executed. Rode to St Mary's Abbey, Dublin with 140 gallowglasses! Renounced allegiance to cousin King Henry VIII! Henry confined his father to the Tower! Revolt followed! Father d. months later!

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next we have MEDJAY, GALLOWGLASS, and MYROI with its 10,000 and A.N.T Subalterns!

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Some drawings I did of the Fae Order of the Stone for my Gallowglass AU! Plus a smol angy Jesse

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In which we chat our excitement about the S2 trailer!

What did you see? Hear? Feel?

Maybe Philippe? Some Gallowglass? How about that Goody Alsop? 😱

https://t.co/y3rjRzs2dY

Let us know what you think!

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Okay, let's get this party started (pun intended).

I'm in a Pathfinder game, with the path Carrion Crown, and here's our hapless bunch (from L to R): Achilles Magnus (arcanist), Corbin Kingsley (fighter), Mikael Koskinen (investigator), and Gilver Gallowglass (oracle).

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1534: "Silken Thomas" Fitzgerald, 10th Earl of Kildare, heard rumours his father executed. Rode to St Mary's Abbey, Dublin with 140 gallowglasses! Renounced allegiance to cousin King Henry VIII! Henry confined his father to the Tower! Revolt followed! Father d. months later!

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Commission for of his deer as a Gallowglass. Could've done better with the lighting on the church or the ground, but I like how the colors came out in this one!

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