Claíomh: April 2013

Best 28mm Islesmen or Galloglasses I have seen. There's been some good ones but these look like they will be great! Saxon Dog: Islemen/Galloglass Warriors: A sneak preview of the new Islemen Warriors from Claymore Castings .

Historical Era

The group specialises in interpretations of warriors and soldiery c.1480-1660 A.D. of Irish Gaelic lineage (in which we include the galloglasses or gallóglaigh who were originally of Norse-Highland descent although who were by sixteenth-century times largely populated by native Irishmen), seasonal 'redshank' mercenaries from the Scots Highlands/Western Isles, those of Anglo-Irish - or 'Old English' - extraction, and Anglo-Scots Borderers. The period of speciality covered by Claíomh stretches from the last quarter of the fifteenth century with the final death throe of the Wars of the Roses at the Battle of Stoke Field in 1487 - which involved the invasion of England by a combined Hiberno-German force - carrying through to the epoch of the tumultuous sixteenth century under the shadow of the powerful Tudor dynasty, and onwards into the seventeenth century to the end of the Irish Confederate Wars fought in the 1640’s. Particular focus centres round the military personnel who participated in three main areas of study:

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Sunday, 21 April 2013

www.claiomh.ie - our new online HQ!

Sunday, 14 April 2013

Saxon Dog: Islemen/Galloglass Warriors

Friday, 12 April 2013

'The Last Grasp': A Gallery of Pictures from the set in 2010 by Rob Hunt