La Pintura y la Guerra

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"Coyne and Livery, c. 1560"

A galloglass was rarely, if ever, a welcome addition to an Irish household. In a poor country, the galloglass thought nothing of eating everything in sight and taking whatever he took a fancy to


Seán Ó'Brógáin

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"Macsweeney versus Macsweeney: Knockdoe, 1504"


Seán Ó'Brógáin

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"The rescue of the Earl of Desmond, 1582"

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"The end of the old order: Ballyhoura Hills, 1583"


Seán Ó'Brógáin

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"Irish warriors, 16th century"


Albrecht Dürer

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"Somerled's Dowry: Derry, 1259"

It is apparently as items in a dowry that galloglass make their first appearance in Irish history


Seán Ó'Brógáin

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"Galloglass - Gaelic Mercenary - Training, c. 1450"

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"Galloglass - Cattle Raid, c. 1480"

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"On 26 May 1315, Edward Bruce, younger brother of King Robert, landed on the Antrim coast at the head of some 6,000 men with the intention of driving out the English"


Seán Ó'Brógáin

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"Kawasaki Ki-61 I Hien-Tei"


Jaroslaw Wróbel

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"On board ship, c. 1410"

• Archer, 14th century
• Archer, 14th century
• Knight, early 15th century


Graham Turner

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"Artillery Crew, 1410"

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"Battle of Baugé, 1421"

• Thomas, Duke of Clarence
• Standard bearer

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"The Mines, c. 1415"


Graham Turner

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"Early Lances"

• 14th century lance
• Thomas Montague, Earl of Salisbury
• John Leventhorpe, Receiver of the Duchy of Lancaster


Graham Turner