Early Irish Swords

Here you will find a wide range of scottish claymores and basket hilt swords as well as historical celtic war swords.

Early irish swords. An earlier irish sword of state was lost after 1581. Great claymore sword sku. In fact this sword remains a viable option thanks to its effective blade design. Irish originated in ireland and was historically and still is spoken by irish people throughout ireland.

The overall length of the sword is 42 inches. This sword predates the typical basket hilt irish swords although the lack of a basket hilt does not make this early irish hilt sword any less effective or worthwhile. Although english is the more common first language elsewhere in ireland irish is spoken as a first language in substantial areas of counties galway. Freedom fighter early scottish claymore sku.

501421 325 00 buy now. The introduction of the heavy norse gaelic gallowglass mercenaries brought long broadswords similar to the scottish claymore. Displayed at the jewel house tower of london. From an early time the swords reached lengths in excess of 100 cm.

Highland arming sword sku. They were replaced by iron swords during the early part of the 1st millennium bc. The sword of state 1678 part of the crown jewels of the united kingdom displayed at the jewel house tower of london. Celtic and roman swords.

Early medieval swords 89 medieval swords to 1300 116 medieval swords to 1300 116 medieval swords from 1300. Load more inspired by weapons wielded by the scots and celts throughout. Ah 3292 156 00 buy now. For centuries the backbone of gaelic irish warfare were lightly armed foot soldiers armed with a sword claideamh long dagger scian bow bogha and a set of javelins or darts ga.

Gaeilge is a goidelic language of the celtic language family itself a branch of the indo european language family. Whether you want a celtic sword for display or battle shop here for all our swords of celtic origin. The ancient world is our true passion. Ah 3418 178 00 buy now.

The irish sword of state 1660 a ceremonial sword of the kingdom of ireland. The blade is crafted from quality steel although it is also left unsharpened. The technology to produce blades of such lengths appears to have been developed in the aegean using alloys of copper and tin or arsenic around 1700 bc. We are constantly working to develop and improve our line of ancient weapons combining various materials steel wood bronze bone and refining the techniques for producing them in order to get our replicas as close as possible to their originals.

It might be irish but that should not stop any warrior from taking up this blade and calling it their own as this early irish hilt sword is a great weapon to show off either at your. At buying a sword our selection of celtic swords includes those of both scottish and irish origins. Bronze age swords were typically not. We offer both functional and decorative variations on these swords as well as different takes on the sword of william wallace.

Bronze age swords appeared from around the 17th century bc in the black sea region and the aegean as a further development of the dagger. Celtic jewelry prehistoric and new age jewelry historical celtic jewelry old irish gaelic jewelry celtic rings celtic earrings celtic bracelets torques irish gaelic brooches celtic and prehistorical fibulae. Ed2011 589 00 buy now. A wide fuller starts at the weapons guard and progresses.

Ah 3423 112 00 buy now. The swords grip is wrapped in black leather which matches nicely to the included wood scabbard which is also wrapped in leather and set with steel furnishings.