Visit Todays Effigy Insights into Anglo-Norman Armour
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- Firstly, Merry Christmas to you all! Great detail has been preserved in the knightly stone effigies of Ireland. In this video I examine some of the effigies in the South East of Ireland, these would have been of the rich and powerful who could have afforded these expensive monuments, the lowly foot soldier wearing "soft" armour would have never had a look in!
Some notes;
1.The Effigy of New Abbey Kilcullen Co.Kildare has been badly corroded by centuries of rain, but in 2000 the effigy was placed within a small arch to protect it. The effigy in St.Audeon's Dublin is of the same individuals (Baron Roland Eustace and his wife Alicia), although they are buried in New Abbey.
2. Many of the faces of the effigies have been damaged, this could be simple historic vandalism or they were attacked for religious reasons (e.g. idolatry )
3. Historians have long valued Shakespeare's plays / quotes for giving some insights into the use of armour.
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Very good video. What`s very interesting with the likes of the Butlers and the Fitzgeralds, is that they have two sets of armour for the late Medieval era. One style of armour for Ireland which is much easier to run about and a second style for English and french warfare which was more in the style of the English.
Thanks for the input I didn't know that!
Thanks for another decent vlog mate, I hope you have a decent Christmas too.
Happy Christmas to you and yours!
merry christmas from nyc -- looking forward to another year of great content in 2024!
Same to you and thanks for the support!
Really interesting as usual. The Gallowglass wearing his sword in his back make sense presuming the Albrecht Dürer illustrations are correct. The Blades look like they are way too long to wear at the waist.
Although the swords of shoulder slung effigies still rest on their hips
Scots wear their claymore swords like that, or did until fairly recently, ie after landing in Canada in the 16 or 1700s.
A Scot in Cape Breton, Canada - took the head off a bear who was marauding his sheep, with his claymore. They still speak Gaelic in Cape Breton.
Great story!
I has actually been to Cape Breton. I was very surprised to see road signs written in Gaelic. Absolutely gorgeous part of the world.
I feel like I can still hear a trace of an ancestor's Irish Accent with some people in Nova Scotia.
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Nice job!
Would be interesting to hear about Niall of the Nine Hostages. He was a semi-mythical warlord who ranged from Scotland to Ireland, and I think connected to Scandinavia, no grave known, but he left a huge genetic footprint. It's known as the Ghengis Khan effect.
A couple of dozen men in NYC were tested, DNA tests to see which surnames carried Niall's DNA - and two of the names are in my family, Campbells and McLaughlins, and we know how many of those there are. I didn't keep track of the other names, just noted those two since I'm related.
Some think that Niall was the original inspiration for King Arthur.
Thanks for the input 🙂
Have you seen the O'Cahan chieftain effigy (tomb) in Dungiven Priory, Northern Ireland? It is very similar to one you show, including the Scottish galloglasses (spelling.) along the bottom edge.
Thanks, I didn't know that.
I enjoyed that, good illustrations and photos too. I wonder whether the armour, the segmented armour, was influenced by Roman armour? They must have found some of it over the years.
Very hard to say, it is probable that the style was passed from generation to generation like chainmail was as it existed in Roman times too. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Very interesting. I wonder if when the Normans mentioned that they fought "naked" Irish natives, did they mean that they had no armour? I always found it difficult to believe that the natives were actually 'butt-naked' in battle.
Not sure about that!
Scots were naked in battle, or the Picts were at least. Painted themselves blue to boot.
It was not unheard of for Jacobites to also take off their kilt beforehand and set it aside and charge wearing only their knee-length war shirt made of leather, linen or canvas. (Battle of Colloden for eg)
The local historian said: "They would have taken if off their kilts as well if it were too heavy or it were too wet. They would drop the belt, the kilt and they'd be running at the government soldiers with their shirts and their bits out."
Heughan himself in 2016 told Parade that the Scots "fought naked, or at least dropped their kilts" at Culloden and other battles.
My grandmother was born in Malin Head, Inishowen, but there's another half that's all Highland Scots. My dad's parents were orange and green.
@@susantunbridge4612 very interesting. Thanks 👍
I thought those first stone effigies you showed were Gallowglass. I am confused by your use of the term Anglo-Irish which is a modern term not to be confused with the Normans.
Fair point, I corrected the title!
anglo irish is yeats, maud gonne, bram stoker, markiewicz &c
I liked this, but there were several typos in the captions. "Brethren" and "Butler" for instance.
Fair enough
You could get a job as a proofreader.
Excellent
Thanks for the compliment