Galloglas by John Marsden

Galloglas by John Marsden

Author:John Marsden
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Birlinn


The MacSweeney territories of Fanad, na Tuath and Banagh are illustrated with sketches of galloglach figures in this detail from John Goghe’s 1567 map of Ireland. (Reproduced by courtesy of the Council of Trustees of the National Library of Ireland)

Two of the figures from the late 15th-century carvings of galloglas decorating the ‘O’Connor’ tomb in Roscommon abbey.

(Photo: Duchas, The Heritage Service)

Albrecht Dürer’s drawing of ‘war men of Ireland’ dated to 1521 provides the most impressive contemporary portrait of galloglas with their armed attendants. (facsimile print, National Gallery of Ireland)



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