My family a sect of Clan Macdonald were well known for their gallowglass. All of my family are very large I would have been considered large back then at 5 foot 10 235 pounds.
I'm a descendent of the Mac Sweeneys who settled in Doe castle, Co. Donegal. They were known for their height. My grandfather and his three brothers were 6'3" and 6'4".
I'm betting this was mentioned somewhere here already but just in case. This reminds me of every time we'd drive through the local town of "Milford" in Donegal. My father would always explain how the Irish name for Milford was "Baile na nGallóglach" and without fail would go on to talk about the Gallowglasses. Every single time.
How are you gonna start with saying I bet this was mentioned somewhere and then give an example of your father saying something to you. How would any of us know that?
Guess i am a descendant of this class of warrior though I'd never heard of them prior to this video. My ancestors were Scottish Highlanders from the Inner Heberdes and were associated with the Clan MacLean. The Clan MacLean were highly respected and highly trained warriors... and often made money by hiring themselves out as mercenaries. But it wasn't all work and no play for these people... for Scottish Highlanders are often referred to as "Warrior Poets"...a moniker i would be proud to carry to this day ! Long live Scotland... Long Live Clan MacLean.... "One for Hector" our battle cry !
I always wondered why all the McConnell males in my family are giant men. 6'2 300 lbs but im constantly told I look around 250 lbs. Im very big boned and broad chested. Really awesome video!
Somewhere down the line I’m descended from Niall of the Nine Hostages, an Irish High King from the late 4th Century, and father of the Uí Néill Dynasty of Irish kings. So not Gallowglass but still absolutely awesome to think about.
My grandma comes from the O’Neal clan. I’m aware that there are many ways to write O’Neill so I’m wondering if our families could be of the same stock. Considering Niall is clearly a form of O’Neill right?
@@BARBARYAN. considering that the Uí Néill Dynasty was made of of several centuries of kings with plenty of offspring, I don’t doubt that we could both be descended from them somewhere down the line
@@BARBARYAN. O'neil is scottish in origin. the wee apostrophe after the "o" replaces the f.....of the clan neil. same with o'donnell.....of the clan donald. type in......Mcneil tribes around the world-ireland........then........mcneil family crest, coat of arms and name meaning - crest and arms.......then......surname database; Mcneil last name origin.......,the o's and macs/mcs were mostly adopted in the 1800s in ireland. niall of the nine hostages is a mythical tale.
Although the Gallowglass mercenaries originally hailed from the western Scottish Highlands & Norse-Gael Hebridean Isles in the 1250s-1290s by the middle of the 14th Century the majority of the rank & file that comprised that renowned & notoriously fearsome warrior breed were native Irish lads, all of whom were Gaelic Irish by birth though who had been ruthlessly trained, drilled & thoroughly indoctrinated in the western Scottish Highland fashion ((mainly by fierce, autocratic captains either directly hailing from the clan lands of northwest Scotland or having a direct link from Ireland to their ancestral homelands that remained largely unbroken, intact & powerful as ever, thus Irish by birth though Scots Highlanders via heritage, culture & a distinctly ferocious warrior ethos!)). Basically the Irish Gallowglass fighting men became the rough Western European equivalent of a Japanese Samurai, in terms of their spectacular skill & dexterity with various weapons such as swords & axes, their always amazing combat ferocity, outstanding professionalism, for their strict allegiance to those whom they fought for & served under, & for their sacred code of battlefield honor where surrender had no place in their lexicon or ethos & where death was more honorable than surrendering to any type of battlefield foe, irregardless of the odds that each individual Gallowglass might have... theoretically & in actuality... been facing. For death before dishonor was a major cornerstone of the Gallowglass creed, the Western European Samurai of the era 1300-1600!
I am Franco-British guy whose family on the father side migrated to England from Ireland in the late 19th century, my grandfather was pretty tall for his time period although rather lanky (well, he was pretty lanky by the time I knew him and he was in his 80s). An indirect ancestor of mine (the brother of my direct ancestor) was even involved in the Crimean War. So I'd say that there is a possibility that one of my ancestors may have been a Gallowglass at some point but I can't be 100% sure.
Clan Caba/McCabe were formed in the early 14th century in Breifne.No records of them exist anywhere prior to this so I think it's safe to assume any McCabe is of Gallowglass stock.McSweeney clan also pretty much nailed onto being Gallowglass they were originally one large clan that moved 100% from Argyl to Ulster and left no septs in Scotland.
@@grettalemabouchou6779 Probably not as McCann are a well known Irish clan,records go back to the12th century so any relation would require McCabe to be Irish origins.Its fairly certain they were Scottish initially with either McLeod or McDonald being strong candidates for their heritage but no one knows for sure.
I have read that the MacCaba originated from The Isle of Arran, which is off the coast of Strathclyde. They picked the losing side on in the post-Bruce dynastic wars and Arran was gifted by the Stewart monarchs to the Hamilton Clan. MacCaba gall oglaigh served in large numbers in Oriel and Brefine for Gaelic ruling families such as the O'Rourkes, O'Reillys and Mac Mahons. Most of the gall oglaigh families lost their lands in the Cromwellian & Williamite confiscations of the 17th century. The origin of the name is disputed. Some say it means 'mac an ába' (son of the abbott). Others say 'mac an câba (son of the cape(helmet). The fact is they were gall oglaigh(gallowglass) and one of the six original family groups enlisted in the 13th century.
@@patrickmcelroy4312 That is one of the theories but lacks any sources to back it up,in fact the farther into this story you look the less credible it appears and it ends up all boiling down to an author that made an assumption with no source material to back it up that stuck over the years.
My last name is Gallagher, I was surprised that wasn’t on the list… and then at the very bottom, I see my father’s mother last name, O’Neil- we hale from Donegal… and like the post below me, we have tall men in the family.
My family spelled it both McLean and McLain , i know that they lived in both Scotland and Ireland , so either they were Gallowglass and were awarded lands in Ireland or they were part of the Ulster Plantations , I'm not sure
MacLean started under Gillean na teague. It means sons of Gillean. Originally granted the isle of mull, Scotland, after the battle of largs. I am also MacLean. And many galloglaigh set up shop in Ireland, to look for new recruits. Perhaps that is where your family split off. But there is also the McClains which come from the southern part of the isle of mull. And I have heard there was a time when Scots were sent to Ulster during the highland clearance. I'm half awake right now so I'm rambling and probably don't make much sense. But you should read into the history of our clan. There are more videos here on RUclips about clan MacLean, and plenty of websites that have detailed records. Alba guh brath.
Gallowglass we’re originally Scottish. Inevitably they integrated into Irish society. They were considered as full time heavy infantry mercenaries. The Kern was a part-time Irish light infantry soldier. Ideal for skirmishing, ambushes and raiding . So successful that the British copied their tactics.
In the past Glasgow policemen were known as 'The Big Men'.. the majority were hired for their height of over 6ft.. many of the police at one point; were of Highland origin
I have O'reannacháin from my dad's side and Miller and McCoy from my mom's. The McCoy family before coming to the usa, the father was a mercenary from what i was able to know.
My last name is an anglicisation of Gallowglaich. It’s actually in your list and it’s the first time I’ve seen it as everyone seems to focus on MacDonalds or MacSweeneys. I was very happy :). I would love to visit Knockdow, as well as the graves / effigies on Islay with my eleven your old son who is half Mexican - his mum has Aztec ancestors. Half Gallowglass / half Eagle warrior. Not bad ;)
Proud of my family name I was born in county Cork Ireland 🇮🇪💪🏻☘️ The surname Quinn is derived from the Irish word O’Cuinn meaning “descending from Conn.” Conn comes from the Irish word ceann, meaning “head,” and denotes a person of high intelligence. Since Conn was a common name, there are five separate septs of this family. They came from different parts of counties Tyrone, Longford, Clare, and Antrim. Niall O’Cuinn was one of those killed in the Battle of Clontarf in 1014 when Brian Boru’s Irish army defeated the Danes. One of the most established sections of the family was a Dalcassian sept of Thomond in County Clare, where the place name Inchiquin is located. Other Irish towns bearing the Quinn moniker are Ballyquin and Glenquin.
Gall also means stranger not just foreign There no fact thar states it referred to foreigners since irish called scottland the edge of the gaels and part of their society.
Probably so ,for my forebears to have survived in ireland at all they must have been tough... viking,norman ,English invasions ,plus famine snd t.b..and now rconic migrants 😊....
Also, no other European fighting men of the late Medieval & Renaissance eras ever consistently displayed such a ferociously notorious, primal disregard for death as the Gaelic warriors were wont to do, chiefly the Scottish & Irish Gallowglass mercenary contingents
@@thesomberlain8053 Yes! The Swiss pike & halberd contingents were renowned for their disciplined fearlessness & headlong aggression as they attacked opposing battlefield formations with great fierceness. On several occasions all throughout the 1400-1500s those Swiss fighting men fought to the last man, as at the savage & blood drenched Battle of Saint Jacob en Birs in 1444. The Swiss, Scottish & Irish were Western Europe's premier warrior races.
@@thesomberlain8053 And the Serbian medium cavalry Hussar units were also very fearsome & feared, often serving as border patrol & mercenaries back in the late Medieval & Renaissance eras
@@thesomberlain8053 The Swiss pike & halberd formations were very fearsome & deadly, these pointy walls of fastly advancing, bristling death (the best, most powerful & devastating infantry units on Earth for over two centuries). Though as individual warriors the Gaelic tribesmen of that late Medieval/Renaissance era, the Irish Kern, Irish Gallowglasses & Scottish Highland Redshanks, were invariably a force of nature to be reckoned with, the fiercest of the fierce & often deemed so savage by other Western Europeans as to appear as bloodthirsty devils on the field of battle, more Native American then European (terrible havoc wreakers of considerable dexterity & ferocity with blade weapons!). It wasn't unusual for Swiss & German Landsknechte companies at that time to hire Irish Gallowglass & Scots Highland swordsmen as front line, shock inducing doppelsoldners, double pay super troopers whose sole purpose was to charge out ahead of the advancing pike columns so as to crash into & carve their way through the opposing pike blocks, thus greatly weakening the opposition. It took incredible bravery, toughness & viciousness to execute that function, while casualties no doubt ran very high.
Sure the name is an anglicisation of the Irish: Ó Slatara or Ó Slatraigh, meaning 'descendant of slatra' meaning 'robust', 'strong', 'bold'. The name originated in the barony of Tulla Upper in east County Clare
The clan name is O'Neill but during the great 19th century migration to America on arrival the name often became incorrectly recorded as O'Neal. The O'Neills were native Irish and they employed Gallowglass warriors from the western isles of Scotland to help them in their wars against other clans and the English...
Conquer or death is my family motto , McCabes were one of the more famous GG clans. I still live on the west coast of Scotland so some of us didn't move far in 800 year lol. I hear it's a more common name in the States now. I know originally we were a off shoot of the Macloud family, prob named after a nick name of someone that wore a Cape.i have quite a bit of research, most of my cousins and uncles and aunts are McCabes and I know it goes back years so I'm hoping I'm a genuine ancestor, I just don't trust these genealogy things these days to tell me anything I can't learn in a book..apparently they are very vague on the Dna thing and it proves nothing as we all have History before the last 1000 year so we could have African ancestors for all I know as there was a African Roman legion on Hadrians wall and alot of them got left..that's why alot of us have distant African ancestors here in SW Scotland and NW England.
The Gallowglass have been in Ireland long before the eleventh century going back to the 4th century and beyond. The Gallowglass ie the Gallagher sept were High Marshall to the Tirconnell.
Gallowglass were Scots/Norse, so no, they didn't go back to the 4thC. Both sides of my family came from western Scotland, so I'm sure these guys were somewhere in my ancestory
@onbedoeldekut1515..sweeney is a scottish clan of norse origins whe settled in the west of scotland in the 9th century. svein, which evolved into sween/sweeney /swinney.
My family's name is McDaniel. I've seen it listed as a Gallowglass name, supposedly as a variant of McDonnell (don't know if it actually is or not) in some sources, but not in others.
mc/macdonald/o'donnell are scottish as is mac/mc ,o'neil. when the irish started to adopt the scottish macs and o's they were adding the prefixes to any name. daniel is a biblical name with the mc added on. the most common prefix in ireland was the anglo-norman fitz but in the 1800s irish nationalist started drop the fitz prefix in favour of the scottish macs and o's to distance themselves from their anglo-norman roots..
@@thespritzwithpopfritz68 opposite side of the North then, they have travelled far and wide. Most of mine are still in Donegal, one or two in Dublin, but some in England too.
@@Messy6610 - I saw a map of Gallowglass which center the McGrory in Tyrone . Supposedly they came in from Derry then traveled south and east / west . Actually mine are near border of Armagh & Down in loughbrickland .. Some had their name Anglicized to Rogers
@@Messy6610 - the McGrory are from MacRauidhri who were from lower Hebrides . McGrory , McRory , Macgrorie , McCrory and some anglicized to Rogers & Rodgers which is the English for Rory
My grandfather was a Campbell, and his grandmother was a Rhyder from Ireland. I have some Mcdonald friends. I'm glad that we can get over the fighting between our clans now.
Yes we know, but don't forget that the 6th/7th century Irish Kingdom of Dal Riada encompassed most of the western coast of Scotland and hence the highland Scots share so many linguistic, cultural and indeed DNA characteristics with the Irish, and very few with the lowland Scots who have more in common with the northern English,
They were irish who invaded caladoni in 680 ad finishing the pict wars in 760 and creating the irish kindom of alba which spike old irish The gallowglass also spoke old irish scotts gaelic did not exist because the Scottish did not exist its was just gaels from Ireland.
@@garymcatear822 Scott's are irish scotti is Latin for irish first used in the 5th century by romans stating scotti are raising britons from the west Irish invaded pctish islands in 680 ad the last war was 760 ad The scotti or be gaels as they called themselves spoke old irish and used the irish alphabet The first king of the scotts was born in antrim and his clan Originated from munster gifted land in ulster by the ui neill dynasty During the scotts kindom of alba which is also an irish word gallowglass came back to ireland aka what they call themselves the motherland These gallowglass come from the islands around Scotland and are a mix gael norse They did not call themselves Scottish and their land was not scottland they called it the edge of the gaels.
@@garymcatear822 Gallowglass have norse and irish decent Irish is del riada which in English today is O reilly Reilly or riada del gcas is a delcassion like Brian boru or bruhma del gcais Del riada is a joint unity between irish clans to creat a kindom in ulster to counter their cousins the ui neill made from niall del gcais or niall of the 9 hostages Del raida spoke irish they were irish and went to pictland later became gallowglass with norse influence from families like mcdonald. This is also why Robert de Bruce was accepted his mother's like comes from the irish gaels who Created the first scotland that gave him right to irish kingship as an irish man aka a gael not a made up term of a people split by England
Dál Riada was colonised from the north of Ireland. There was an influx of Norwegian/Finngaill blood in to the area during the Viking Age adding to the mix.
No, but my grandmother was an Irwin, which was originally Erinveine, which meant "Western Noble", or a noble of Ulster that arrived in Scotland during Dal Riata. Grim Erinveine is the first of the name that is recorded, who was an Abthule and the First King of Strathclyde at Alt Klut, though the records don't show him as king, but my research does.
Since the name Scotland comes from an Irish tribe the scoti and the Scottish language comes from Irish with a few pictish words so yea they would of been Gael Scot aswell as Norse the these 3 ethnicity mixed together and came up with diffrent ethnicity eg Norse Gaels
@@LukeDay-pv7qw the name scotland does not come from the "mythical" scoti nonsense........also it's gallic in scotland coming from the gaulish regions of europe.
@@LukeDay-pv7qw it came from the gaulish regions of europe. the gauls were always at war with the romans there so some of the tribes fled to england. when the romans ivaded england they then fled to and settled in scotland. hence .."gallic" no the mythical gaelic. there is archaeological evidence to suggest so. there is absolutely no historical or archaeological evidence to suggest any invasions/incursions from ireland into scotland. before you mis-educate the world on scotlands history you should first start with your own. so, from where,when and how did the mythical gaels get to ireland?.
2:29 Wait wait wait... How the hell do these guys see where they're going or what they're doing??? Does anyone else see the problem here, with basically having both eyes covered, except for the slit up the middle? Are they all cross-eyed? lmao
@@johnjonhson1289 ireland did not exist then!!!! Both ireland and Scotland are kingdoms created from fighting the normans. The SCOTS created both Eire and Dalriada. Gallowglas were from the isles of scotland...not ireland. They were sold to rich irish as bodyguards. Period end of story.
And the Scots who created Eire and Dalriada were from Scythia before the iranians assimilated the Scythian culture. Happened back in 1500BC. The Scots were calls Gaels...Scots...Mileasians all because of our kings. Scot coming from Scotia...mother of Mils.
@@johnjonhson1289 the scots never came from ireland . but, before you mis-educate the world on scotlands history you should first educate it on your own....so....from where when and how did the scots get to ireland.....do a bit research you will find that a made up tale. no scots came from ireland.
@@MegaVincenzo13 type in.......irelands troy | university of cambridge........based on the battle of troy.......much of your history is based on other nations to create an history for ireland......columba, the gaels, even the leprechauns. the gallowglass were scottish warrior clans brought in to help in the fight against the normans.
@@MegaVincenzo13 type in.........irelands troy | university of cambridge .......much of your history is adaptations of other nations histories, including the mythical gaels adapted from the bible. the gallowglass were scottish warrior clans brought in by the irish to help fight off the norman invasion. you can also type in........cambridge scholar claims ancient account of the battle o clontarf is a fiction-irish central........
@@MegaVincenzo13 type in.......irelands troy | university of cambridge.......then......cambridge scholar claims ancient account of the battle of clontarf is fictional | irish-central..........same with the nonsense tale o queen scotia, written to put ireland on a par with the romans....fiction.......then, columba, a tale copied from 2 earlier ones from other counties......fiction.
I'm an actual Scot who can trace his ancestry right back into clan times, I always laugh at the amount of septic tanks "claiming" ours & Irish heritage when the majority of them are no more Irish or Scots than fly in the air lol, it makes for humerous reading tho lol 😂 🏴🇨🇮
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My family a sect of Clan Macdonald were well known for their gallowglass. All of my family are very large I would have been considered large back then at 5 foot 10 235 pounds.
Very interesting, i never heard of them before
I'm a descendent of the Mac Sweeneys who settled in Doe castle, Co. Donegal. They were known for their height. My grandfather and his three brothers were 6'3" and 6'4".
Hello cousin; myself as well.
Does macughlin ring any bells to you or macquillan
There is a teacher at my school called Mac sweeney
A heritage to be proud of. ERIN GO BRAGH 🇮🇪.
I thought Mac was scots and mc was Irish?
I'm betting this was mentioned somewhere here already but just in case. This reminds me of every time we'd drive through the local town of "Milford" in Donegal. My father would always explain how the Irish name for Milford was "Baile na nGallóglach" and without fail would go on to talk about the Gallowglasses. Every single time.
How are you gonna start with saying I bet this was mentioned somewhere and then give an example of your father saying something to you. How would any of us know that?
@@BARBARYAN. presumably he's referring to the origin of the name of Milford. Not that his Dad talked about it every time they went through it 🤦
Guess i am a descendant of this class of warrior though I'd never heard of them prior to this video.
My ancestors were Scottish Highlanders from the Inner Heberdes and were associated with the Clan MacLean. The Clan MacLean were highly respected and highly trained warriors... and often made money by hiring themselves out as mercenaries.
But it wasn't all work and no play for these people... for Scottish Highlanders are often referred to as "Warrior Poets"...a moniker i would be proud to carry to this day !
Long live Scotland... Long Live Clan MacLean....
"One for Hector" our battle cry !
SCOTTISH SOLDIERS ALSO KNOWN AS THE LADIES FROM HAITIES
The gallowglass didnt adopt Gaelic culture . They already had it as they hailed from the West of Scotland.
I always wondered why all the McConnell males in my family are giant men. 6'2 300 lbs but im constantly told I look around 250 lbs. Im very big boned and broad chested. Really awesome video!
Somewhere down the line I’m descended from Niall of the Nine Hostages, an Irish High King from the late 4th Century, and father of the Uí Néill Dynasty of Irish kings. So not Gallowglass but still absolutely awesome to think about.
My grandma comes from the O’Neal clan. I’m aware that there are many ways to write O’Neill so I’m wondering if our families could be of the same stock. Considering Niall is clearly a form of O’Neill right?
@@BARBARYAN. considering that the Uí Néill Dynasty was made of of several centuries of kings with plenty of offspring, I don’t doubt that we could both be descended from them somewhere down the line
Me too 🇮🇪👍🏻 from Dublin
@@BARBARYAN. O'neil is scottish in origin. the wee apostrophe after the "o" replaces the f.....of the clan neil. same with o'donnell.....of the clan donald. type in......Mcneil tribes around the world-ireland........then........mcneil family crest, coat of arms and name meaning - crest and arms.......then......surname database; Mcneil last name origin.......,the o's and macs/mcs were mostly adopted in the 1800s in ireland. niall of the nine hostages is a mythical tale.
Although the Gallowglass mercenaries originally hailed from the western Scottish Highlands & Norse-Gael Hebridean Isles in the 1250s-1290s by the middle of the 14th Century the majority of the rank & file that comprised that renowned & notoriously fearsome warrior breed were native Irish lads, all of whom were Gaelic Irish by birth though who had been ruthlessly trained, drilled & thoroughly indoctrinated in the western Scottish Highland fashion
((mainly by fierce, autocratic captains either directly hailing from the clan lands of northwest Scotland or having a direct link from Ireland to their ancestral homelands that remained largely unbroken, intact & powerful as ever, thus Irish by birth though Scots Highlanders via heritage, culture & a distinctly ferocious warrior ethos!)).
Basically the Irish Gallowglass fighting men became the rough Western European equivalent of a Japanese Samurai, in terms of their spectacular skill & dexterity with various weapons such as swords & axes, their always amazing combat ferocity, outstanding professionalism, for their strict allegiance to those whom they fought for & served under, & for their sacred code of battlefield honor where surrender had no place in their lexicon or ethos & where death was more honorable than surrendering to any type of battlefield foe, irregardless of the odds that each individual Gallowglass might have... theoretically & in actuality... been facing.
For death before dishonor was a major cornerstone of the Gallowglass creed, the Western European Samurai of the era 1300-1600!
Great post!
@@gerardtimings5625 Thank You!!
This video makes me want to study more Irish history.
I am Franco-British guy whose family on the father side migrated to England from Ireland in the late 19th century, my grandfather was pretty tall for his time period although rather lanky (well, he was pretty lanky by the time I knew him and he was in his 80s). An indirect ancestor of mine (the brother of my direct ancestor) was even involved in the Crimean War. So I'd say that there is a possibility that one of my ancestors may have been a Gallowglass at some point but I can't be 100% sure.
My mom's family comes from the McSweeney's and my dad's descends from King Niall 😂 ...now here in present time there's me. A descendant of both 🎉🎉
Clan Caba/McCabe were formed in the early 14th century in Breifne.No records of them exist anywhere prior to this so I think it's safe to assume any McCabe is of Gallowglass stock.McSweeney clan also pretty much nailed onto being Gallowglass they were originally one large clan that moved 100% from Argyl to Ulster and left no septs in Scotland.
McCabe 💪🏻
Wondering if McCann is related to McCabe.
@@grettalemabouchou6779 Probably not as McCann are a well known Irish clan,records go back to the12th century so any relation would require McCabe to be Irish origins.Its fairly certain they were Scottish initially with either McLeod or McDonald being strong candidates for their heritage but no one knows for sure.
I have read that the MacCaba originated from The Isle of Arran, which is off the coast of Strathclyde. They picked the losing side on in the post-Bruce dynastic wars and Arran was gifted by the Stewart monarchs to the Hamilton Clan. MacCaba gall oglaigh served in large numbers in Oriel and Brefine for Gaelic ruling families such as the O'Rourkes, O'Reillys and Mac Mahons. Most of the gall oglaigh families lost their lands in the Cromwellian & Williamite confiscations of the 17th century. The origin of the name is disputed. Some say it means 'mac an ába' (son of the abbott). Others say 'mac an câba (son of the cape(helmet). The fact is they were gall oglaigh(gallowglass) and one of the six original family groups enlisted in the 13th century.
@@patrickmcelroy4312 That is one of the theories but lacks any sources to back it up,in fact the farther into this story you look the less credible it appears and it ends up all boiling down to an author that made an assumption with no source material to back it up that stuck over the years.
My mother was a mccabe and I can trace directly to the mccabbas in Cavan Ireland .
My last name is Gallagher, I was surprised that wasn’t on the list… and then at the very bottom, I see my father’s mother last name, O’Neil- we hale from Donegal… and like the post below me, we have tall men in the family.
My family spelled it both McLean and McLain , i know that they lived in both Scotland and Ireland , so either they were Gallowglass and were awarded lands in Ireland or they were part of the Ulster Plantations , I'm not sure
MacLean started under Gillean na teague. It means sons of Gillean. Originally granted the isle of mull, Scotland, after the battle of largs. I am also MacLean. And many galloglaigh set up shop in Ireland, to look for new recruits. Perhaps that is where your family split off. But there is also the McClains which come from the southern part of the isle of mull. And I have heard there was a time when Scots were sent to Ulster during the highland clearance. I'm half awake right now so I'm rambling and probably don't make much sense. But you should read into the history of our clan. There are more videos here on RUclips about clan MacLean, and plenty of websites that have detailed records. Alba guh brath.
@@Getorix thanks "cousin"
I'm a descendant . My grandmother on my dad's side Campbell.
Gallowglass we’re originally Scottish. Inevitably they integrated into Irish society. They were considered as full time heavy infantry mercenaries. The Kern was a part-time Irish light infantry soldier. Ideal for skirmishing, ambushes and raiding . So successful that the British copied their tactics.
And the Scots were originally Irish so….
@@rymic72 the scots were never irish..a mythical made up tale you should research(it will only take you ten minutes).
The Scots are Irish in origin...
Racism is responsible for this being forgotten. Look at the earliest kings of Scotland.
@@rymic72 you should research the galls/gauls in scotland. hence gallic, no the mythical gaelic.
@@eamonlyons8318 you should get past these mythical writings and research the real truth.....the galls/gauls in scotland. no scots came from ireland.
My family came to Ireland as Gallowglass in the 1200s, but the Gallowglass were not one Clann, instead many different Clanns.
In the past Glasgow policemen were known as 'The Big Men'.. the majority were hired for their height of over 6ft.. many of the police at one point; were of Highland origin
I have O'reannacháin from my dad's side
and Miller and McCoy from my mom's.
The McCoy family before coming to the usa, the father was a mercenary from what i was able to know.
Tá mo ainm deiridh ann! Is as Contae Dhún na nGall agus as Contae Doire an chuid is mó de mo theaghlach!!
My last name is an anglicisation of Gallowglaich. It’s actually in your list and it’s the first time I’ve seen it as everyone seems to focus on MacDonalds or MacSweeneys. I was very happy :). I would love to visit Knockdow, as well as the graves / effigies on Islay with my eleven your old son who is half Mexican - his mum has Aztec ancestors. Half Gallowglass / half Eagle warrior. Not bad ;)
Proud to have cousins who are Fitzgerald, I could of been nobility haha 😄
Cool video thanks
Only ever heard of them because of studying Macbeth for the LC
Did Macbeth or 'the Scottish play' for my LC too 😂
Yes.
My ancestors came from the Scottish Rievers so l stand a good chance.
The gallowglas came from the inner Hebrides not the Scottish borders
You do know the reivers were borderers eh lol 😂
It's raining !
gallowglass were gaels not little lowlanders/borderers
I have Highland blood to as was as mother being Irish......
Clan Doyle on my Irish side and clan young on my Scottish side, so possibly through Doyle for me
When searching the irish griffin surname for a friend modern d.n.a studies are pointing at a gallowglass origin of that family
Proud of my family name I was born in county Cork Ireland 🇮🇪💪🏻☘️
The surname Quinn is derived from the Irish word O’Cuinn meaning “descending from Conn.” Conn comes from the Irish word ceann, meaning “head,” and denotes a person of high intelligence. Since Conn was a common name, there are five separate septs of this family. They came from different parts of counties Tyrone, Longford, Clare, and Antrim.
Niall O’Cuinn was one of those killed in the Battle of Clontarf in 1014 when Brian Boru’s Irish army defeated the Danes. One of the most established sections of the family was a Dalcassian sept of Thomond in County Clare, where the place name Inchiquin is located. Other Irish towns bearing the Quinn moniker are Ballyquin and Glenquin.
In the last few generations, the name has disappeared, but our family name used to be haldane, which is a known member of the gallowglass
Not sure if I'm a descendent but i traced my ancestry back to Daniel Sweeney born in Cork in 1629
Interesting video go raibh maith agat for sharing. My surname is Finn so clearly a descendant of the legendary Fionn MacCumhaill haha.⚔️🌅🍀
My bloodline comes from the King of kings Brian boru. Maaad heritage
"A fierce mix of Gaelic, Scottish and Norse ancestry". Well, rhat explains Old Stock Americans.
Gallowglass is an anglicisation of the Gaelic “Gallóglaigh” which means ‘foreign soldiers’… Gall means foreign..
Gall also means stranger not just foreign
There no fact thar states it referred to foreigners since irish called scottland the edge of the gaels and part of their society.
Very nice edit 👌. Could you please say what the music is? Thanks
Thanks, the link to the song used in the description
Probably so ,for my forebears to have survived in ireland at all they must have been tough... viking,norman ,English invasions ,plus famine snd t.b..and now rconic migrants 😊....
Also, no other European fighting men of the late Medieval & Renaissance eras ever consistently displayed such a ferociously notorious, primal disregard for death as the Gaelic warriors were wont to do, chiefly the Scottish & Irish Gallowglass mercenary contingents
ever heard of the Swiss Reisläufer?
@@thesomberlain8053 Yes! The Swiss pike & halberd contingents were renowned for their disciplined fearlessness & headlong aggression as they attacked opposing battlefield formations with great fierceness. On several occasions all throughout the 1400-1500s those Swiss fighting men fought to the last man, as at the savage & blood drenched Battle of Saint Jacob en Birs in 1444. The Swiss, Scottish & Irish were Western Europe's premier warrior races.
@@thesomberlain8053 And the Serbian medium cavalry Hussar units were also very fearsome & feared, often serving as border patrol & mercenaries back in the late Medieval & Renaissance eras
@@thesomberlain8053 The Swiss pike & halberd formations were very fearsome & deadly, these pointy walls of fastly advancing, bristling death (the best, most powerful & devastating infantry units on Earth for over two centuries).
Though as individual warriors the Gaelic tribesmen of that late Medieval/Renaissance era, the Irish Kern, Irish Gallowglasses & Scottish Highland Redshanks, were invariably a force of nature to be reckoned with, the fiercest of the fierce & often deemed so savage by other Western Europeans as to appear as bloodthirsty devils on the field of battle, more Native American then European (terrible havoc wreakers of considerable dexterity & ferocity with blade weapons!).
It wasn't unusual for Swiss & German Landsknechte companies at that time to hire Irish Gallowglass & Scots Highland swordsmen as front line, shock inducing doppelsoldners, double pay super troopers whose sole purpose was to charge out ahead of the advancing pike columns so as to crash into & carve their way through the opposing pike blocks, thus greatly weakening the opposition.
It took incredible bravery, toughness & viciousness to execute that function, while casualties no doubt ran very high.
Yet the English/ British kicked their ass century in, century out.
I am a descendent.
Anyone know anything about the Slattery surname or O’Slattery or Slatterie?
Sure the name is an anglicisation of the Irish: Ó Slatara or Ó Slatraigh, meaning 'descendant of slatra' meaning 'robust', 'strong', 'bold'. The name originated in the barony of Tulla Upper in east County Clare
There’s a professor on RUclips with a video about Irish names
I’m not sure. I just know my grandma comes from the clan O’Neal
The clan name is O'Neill but during the great 19th century migration to America on arrival the name often became incorrectly recorded as O'Neal. The O'Neills were native Irish and they employed Gallowglass warriors from the western isles of Scotland to help them in their wars against other clans and the English...
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No, but I am descended from the ancient line of O'Raghailigh.
Ireland was created in 7th ad by the Catholic Church before that it was a citadel of Argyll Scotland
No it wasn't
Why do ye scotts lie so much?.
Grandmother was a MacDonald.. so maybe.
MacConnCarrigh
"Sons of Derry"
Well my dna is 55%irish, 5% jock, 15% Scandinavian and the rest English from my mum so I’d say it’s possible.
Im corcu loidge , top that.
Yes yes I am 😊
The glorious fighting men of ireland..... we were a slave dominian for 800 years and counting , not all they're cracked -up to be
Bs the conquest of Ireland did not take places until after 1688 and only then when sarsfield withdrew his forces from the land.
Ireland was gone before that
We haven’t started yet.
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Conquer or death is my family motto , McCabes were one of the more famous GG clans. I still live on the west coast of Scotland so some of us didn't move far in 800 year lol. I hear it's a more common name in the States now. I know originally we were a off shoot of the Macloud family, prob named after a nick name of someone that wore a Cape.i have quite a bit of research, most of my cousins and uncles and aunts are McCabes and I know it goes back years so I'm hoping I'm a genuine ancestor, I just don't trust these genealogy things these days to tell me anything I can't learn in a book..apparently they are very vague on the Dna thing and it proves nothing as we all have History before the last 1000 year so we could have African ancestors for all I know as there was a African Roman legion on Hadrians wall and alot of them got left..that's why alot of us have distant African ancestors here in SW Scotland and NW England.
Based on my Y-haplo it's likely.
I always knew I was deadly.
Gallowglass started in Scotland. But the term became a word for a type of warrior. Most gallowglass would of been native Irish.
Often wondered about the Gallowglass warrior, I'm Irish, Scottish with a little bit of English
I,m sorry to hear you,ve got a little English in you, we all have our problems 😪
Don’t tell anyone about the English bit.
Yes, i sure am.
Norse Gaels rule!
I was born a McAlister. 53 years old, 6’2 195. If i lifted more i’d be 220 easy.
The Gallowglass have been in Ireland long before the eleventh century going back to the 4th century and beyond.
The Gallowglass ie the Gallagher sept were High Marshall to the Tirconnell.
Gallaghers weren't gallowglass. The were a branch of the Cenel Conaill in Donegal.
Gallowglass were Scots/Norse, so no, they didn't go back to the 4thC. Both sides of my family came from western Scotland, so I'm sure these guys were somewhere in my ancestory
McCabe here, my maternal Grandfather.
I am Doyle
I'm a Sweeney, my father's side was from around Swillybrin in Donegal.
@onbedoeldekut1515..sweeney is a scottish clan of norse origins whe settled in the west of scotland in the 9th century. svein, which evolved into sween/sweeney /swinney.
All Irish clans are warrior clans war was commonplace in Ireland since recorded history
My family's name is McDaniel. I've seen it listed as a Gallowglass name, supposedly as a variant of McDonnell (don't know if it actually is or not) in some sources, but not in others.
mc/macdonald/o'donnell are scottish as is mac/mc ,o'neil. when the irish started to adopt the scottish macs and o's they were adding the prefixes to any name. daniel is a biblical name with the mc added on. the most common prefix in ireland was the anglo-norman fitz but in the 1800s irish nationalist started drop the fitz prefix in favour of the scottish macs and o's to distance themselves from their anglo-norman roots..
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My surname in Irish is Ó Gallóglaigh but it got anglicised to English around the time of the famine in the west of Ireland.
Change it back to the original. Be proud of your heritage. ERIN GO BRAGH 🇮🇪.
Changed to English? Dear God!!
Yes , descendant of McGrory
Same here. McGrory of Donegal.
@@Messy6610 - my McGrory’s are from county Down
@@thespritzwithpopfritz68 opposite side of the North then, they have travelled far and wide. Most of mine are still in Donegal, one or two in Dublin, but some in England too.
@@Messy6610 - I saw a map of Gallowglass which center the McGrory in Tyrone . Supposedly they came in from Derry then traveled south and east / west . Actually mine are near border of Armagh & Down in loughbrickland .. Some had their name Anglicized to Rogers
@@Messy6610 - the McGrory are from MacRauidhri who were from lower Hebrides . McGrory , McRory , Macgrorie , McCrory and some anglicized to Rogers & Rodgers which is the English for Rory
I’m a McDonald !
My grandfather was a Campbell, and his grandmother was a Rhyder from Ireland. I have some Mcdonald friends. I'm glad that we can get over the fighting between our clans now.
Hard to beat a happy meal.
How you supposed to know
Im a descendent of gallowglass.
The Gallowglass were not Irish...they were from Scotlands Western Isles and of Scottish and Viking descent. They went to Ireland to do mercenary work.
Yes we know, but don't forget that the 6th/7th century Irish Kingdom of Dal Riada encompassed most of the western coast of Scotland and hence the highland Scots share so many linguistic, cultural and indeed DNA characteristics with the Irish, and very few with the lowland Scots who have more in common with the northern English,
They were irish who invaded caladoni in 680 ad finishing the pict wars in 760 and creating the irish kindom of alba which spike old irish
The gallowglass also spoke old irish scotts gaelic did not exist because the Scottish did not exist its was just gaels from Ireland.
@@Ejej-zi4vo The Gallowglass were not Irish...they were the descendants of Scots and vikings who did a lot of mercenary work in Ireland.
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Scott's are irish scotti is Latin for irish first used in the 5th century by romans stating scotti are raising britons from the west
Irish invaded pctish islands in 680 ad the last war was 760 ad
The scotti or be gaels as they called themselves spoke old irish and used the irish alphabet
The first king of the scotts was born in antrim and his clan Originated from munster gifted land in ulster by the ui neill dynasty
During the scotts kindom of alba which is also an irish word gallowglass came back to ireland aka what they call themselves the motherland
These gallowglass come from the islands around Scotland and are a mix gael norse
They did not call themselves Scottish and their land was not scottland they called it the edge of the gaels.
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Gallowglass have norse and irish decent
Irish is del riada which in English today is O reilly
Reilly or riada del gcas is a delcassion like Brian boru or bruhma del gcais
Del riada is a joint unity between irish clans to creat a kindom in ulster to counter their cousins the ui neill made from niall del gcais or niall of the 9 hostages
Del raida spoke irish they were irish and went to pictland later became gallowglass with norse influence from families like mcdonald.
This is also why Robert de Bruce was accepted his mother's like comes from the irish gaels who Created the first scotland that gave him right to irish kingship as an irish man aka a gael not a made up term of a people split by England
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My mother's side is Sullivan !
No I'm from a more ancient clan frasier
I a lawlor look up we are iriß
No. My ancestors would of been common people
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@@loafloaf897 Slainte mhath
They are not Irish they are from Scotland and Norway they are mercenaries
I was hoping someone would point this out. Cheers
Did you even watch the video?
Dál Riada was colonised from the north of Ireland. There was an influx of Norwegian/Finngaill blood in to the area during the Viking Age adding to the mix.
@@rymic72 dalriada (if it even existed) would have spread to ulster from scotland.
@@brucecollins641 😂😂😂😂😂
Mc Clenky
Clan*s
PLURAL
They were Norse Gael, the Scottish you mentioned were the Scotti , originally an Irish tribe. And yes I am descended from them on my Mothers side.
Idk bro i grew up in the projects in south carolina ...heard im related to Ronald Reagan though 🤣 fr
Clicked the video immediately, praying I was about to find out I had some warrior blood in me🩸😤
I did not 😂
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What a shame
Some of the gallow glass took the names of the clans that retained them especially if the remained in the territory.
No, but my grandmother was an Irwin, which was originally Erinveine, which meant "Western Noble", or a noble of Ulster that arrived in Scotland during Dal Riata. Grim Erinveine is the first of the name that is recorded, who was an Abthule and the First King of Strathclyde at Alt Klut, though the records don't show him as king, but my research does.
Glas means green in Irish
McDonald lol
No actually, it's the other way around, the irish are descendent of us, the Aryan (Assyrian)
Anunnaki hybrids
Iran and Inida are named after eire / Ireland/ aryans. Iran are decenadants of aryans the noble ones
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Next you will tell us the first human was irish and then swam all over the world
The AI artwork here is not good. The armour they are wearing looks too much like fantasy
All Irish clans were warlike, the gallowglass were just a specific subculture of them
Weren’t they just Shetland Vikings
The galloglass wire not Irish ….
Since the name Scotland comes from an Irish tribe the scoti and the Scottish language comes from Irish with a few pictish words so yea they would of been Gael Scot aswell as Norse the these 3 ethnicity mixed together and came up with diffrent ethnicity eg Norse Gaels
Did you not watch the video? It specifically said they were Scottish. It also describes how they became Irish.
@@LukeDay-pv7qw the name scotland does not come from the "mythical" scoti nonsense........also it's gallic in scotland coming from the gaulish regions of europe.
@@brucecollins641 no if did not come from gaul it Scots gael came from Irish a simple good search will suffice
@@LukeDay-pv7qw it came from the gaulish regions of europe. the gauls were always at war with the romans there so some of the tribes fled to england. when the romans ivaded england they then fled to and settled in scotland. hence .."gallic" no the mythical gaelic. there is archaeological evidence to suggest so. there is absolutely no historical or archaeological evidence to suggest any invasions/incursions from ireland into scotland. before you mis-educate the world on scotlands history you should first start with your own. so, from where,when and how did the mythical gaels get to ireland?.
2:29 Wait wait wait... How the hell do these guys see where they're going or what they're doing???
Does anyone else see the problem here, with basically having both eyes covered, except for the slit up the middle?
Are they all cross-eyed? lmao
They weren't irish nor were they a clan. They were solely from the isles of scotland.
The scots came from Ireland
@@johnjonhson1289 no scots came from ireland...a mythical made up tale. any movement of peoples was from scotland to ireland.
@@johnjonhson1289 ireland did not exist then!!!! Both ireland and Scotland are kingdoms created from fighting the normans. The SCOTS created both Eire and Dalriada. Gallowglas were from the isles of scotland...not ireland. They were sold to rich irish as bodyguards. Period end of story.
And the Scots who created Eire and Dalriada were from Scythia before the iranians assimilated the Scythian culture. Happened back in 1500BC. The Scots were calls Gaels...Scots...Mileasians all because of our kings. Scot coming from Scotia...mother of Mils.
@@johnjonhson1289 the scots never came from ireland . but, before you mis-educate the world on scotlands history you should first educate it on your own....so....from where when and how did the scots get to ireland.....do a bit research you will find that a made up tale. no scots came from ireland.
Please remember the Irish kicked the Vikings in clontarf. The Irish heroes would fight without armor and beat the armored Vikings.
@megavincenzo13......the battle o clontarf is mostly fictional.
@@brucecollins641 You are wrong! Its importance is debated, but not that it happened.
@@MegaVincenzo13 type in.......irelands troy | university of cambridge........based on the battle of troy.......much of your history is based on other nations to create an history for ireland......columba, the gaels, even the leprechauns. the gallowglass were scottish warrior clans brought in to help in the fight against the normans.
@@MegaVincenzo13 type in.........irelands troy | university of cambridge .......much of your history is adaptations of other nations histories, including the mythical gaels adapted from the bible. the gallowglass were scottish warrior clans brought in by the irish to help fight off the norman invasion. you can also type in........cambridge scholar claims ancient account of the battle o clontarf is a fiction-irish central........
@@MegaVincenzo13 type in.......irelands troy | university of cambridge.......then......cambridge scholar claims ancient account of the battle of clontarf is fictional | irish-central..........same with the nonsense tale o queen scotia, written to put ireland on a par with the romans....fiction.......then, columba, a tale copied from 2 earlier ones from other counties......fiction.
I'm an actual Scot who can trace his ancestry right back into clan times, I always laugh at the amount of septic tanks "claiming" ours & Irish heritage when the majority of them are no more Irish or Scots than fly in the air lol, it makes for humerous reading tho lol 😂 🏴🇨🇮
turdteenth century?