galloglasses

It would be tedious to pursue the progress of the inaugural feast, or detail the pledges that were quaffed to former heroes of the clan, and above all to the twenty-nine brave galloglasses who were to fight in the approaching conflict, under the eye and leading of their young chief.

The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

As he came striding down the London streets on his way to the Palace, the citizens ran to their doors to stare at the redoubtable Irish rebel with his train of galloglasses at his heels -- huge bareheaded fellows clad in saffron shirts, their huge naked axes swung over their shoulders, their long hair streaming behind them, their great hairy mantles dangling nearly to their heels.

The Story of Ireland Emily Lawless 1879

Shane and his galloglasses went home, and for some two years he and the

The Story of Ireland Emily Lawless 1879

It would be tedious to pursue the progress of the inaugural feast, or detail the pledges that were quaffed to former heroes of the clan, and above all to the twenty-nine brave galloglasses who were to fight in the approaching conflict, under the eye and leading of their young chief.

The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day Walter Scott 1801

The Irish militia was of two kinds: one called _kerns_, which were foot, slightly armed with a long knife or dagger, and almost naked; the other, _galloglasses, _ who were horse, poorly mounted, and generally armed only with a battle-axe.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

The MacGirrs were galloglasses in Ulster of Scots 'origin.

Army Rumour Service 2009

The MacGirrs were galloglasses in Ulster of Scots 'origin.

Army Rumour Service 2009

The only expiation would be that thou shouldst come a mile into the Low Country with two of the strongest galloglasses of thy clan; and while I dealt with them, I would leave thee to the correction of my apprentice, little Jankin.”

The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

1562: "From Ireland came Shane O'Neill, who had promised to come the year before, with a guard of axe-bearing galloglasses, their heads bare, their long curling hair flowing on their shoulders, their linen garments dyed with saffron, with long open sleeves, with short tunics, and furry cloaks, whom the English wondered at as much as they do now at the Chinese or American aborigines."

An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Mary Frances Cusack 1864

Or Macbeth and all his kernes and galloglasses, and your own to boot, procure him the five thousand pounds to answer the bills that must fall due ten days hence -- were they all sold by auction at Glasgow Cross -- basket hilts, Andrea Ferraras, leathern targets, brogues, brechan, and sporrans? "

Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North Samuel Rutherford Crockett