The world of the galloglass : kings, warlords and warriors in Ireland and Scotland, 1200-1600 / Seán Duffy, editor.

Other author Duffy, Seán, 1962-
Format Book
Publication InfoDublin : Four Courts Press, 2007.
Descriptionxv, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents The prehistory of the Galloglass / Seán Duffy -- Moray, Ulster and MacWilliams / Alasdair Ross -- Dealing death from Man : Manx sea power in and around the Irish Sea, 1079-1265 / R. Andrew McDonald -- A dead man at Ballyshannon / Alex Woolf -- Scottish mercenary kindreds in Ireland, 1250-1600 / Kenneth Nicholls -- Images of the galloglass in poems to the MacSweeneys / Katherine Simms -- James V, king of Scotland - and Ireland? / Alison Cathcart -- Having the right kit : West Highlanders fighting in Ireland / David H. Caldwell -- Images of Scottish warriors in later Irish bardic poetry / Wilson McLeod -- Securing the Jacobean succession: the secret career of James Fullerton of Trinity College Dublin / David Edwards.
General note"The papers in this volume arise from a conference held in the University of Edinburgh in March 2003" - p.xi.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
ISBN9781851829460 (hbk.)
ISBN1851829466 (hbk.)