Historic irish/ celtic

The ring knives look much like a kitchen knife (to me) then you have daggars, an Internet search shows numerous companies (in the UK) are making them.
 
DMG said:
Could we get pictures of these?
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Claidheamh Mòr is more commonly known as the claymore sword. The Sgain Dubh is the small knife that you see stuck into the top of the stocking when a kilt is worn. Both are traditional blades of the Scottish highlands though, not Irish.
 
I've long thought about getting a nice Sgian Dubh (pronounced 'ski-en doo'). There's a lot of cheap, crappy ones out there.
 
dirc said:
traditional irish = celtic... so look at the falcata... used to defeat roman legions once upon a time ; )

Falcata - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

this site is pretty interesting -> http://www.weapons-universe.com/Swords/Ancient_Celtic_Weapons.shtml
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Maybe so, but the falcata was a weapon associated with the celtic people of Iberian peninsula in Europe, not Ireland....Most of central and western Europe was populated by Celtic people. They were one of what was considered to be the "Barbarian races" of Greek and Roman times.
 
the celtic people of iberia were the same as the celts spreading all thru the isles back then, britain & ireland - most likely they all shared some common blade prevalence's & many other customs & idiosyncrasies , surely
 
dirc said:
the celtic people of iberia were the same as the celts spreading all thru the isles back then, britain & ireland - most likely they all shared some common blade prevalence's & many other customs & idiosyncrasies , surely
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No, not really. The central commonality between Celts across Europe was the language. Some had cultural similarities, but many did not. Keep in mind that the spread of the Celtic people didn't happen over night, it occurred over a couple of millennia. By the time the Falcata was developed the Insular Celts of what is known as Ireland already had their own cultures and weapons.
 
Also remember that various cultures shaped Ireland as the whole of the UK.

The Vikings had a fairly major influence for example so a Seax variation would have been quite common I'd guess.
 
Arathol said:
No, not really. The central commonality between Celts across Europe was the language. Some had cultural similarities, but many did not. Keep in mind that the spread of the Celtic people didn't happen over night, it occurred over a couple of millennia. By the time the Falcata was developed the Insular Celts of what is known as Ireland already had their own cultures and weapons.
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kinda based what I said on so many of the old available texts - read them on your own if you're interested - actually a lot there

Tochomlad mac Miledh a hEspain i nErind: The Progress of the Sons of Mil from Spain to Ireland

www.ancienttexts.org www.ancienttexts.org

this is pretty clear evidence isn't it?

anyway, I'm not arguing that this happened over night... of course

also, this is a painting (from the year 1521) of typical irish warriors - 'kern' from 'ceithern' or 'ceithrenn'
Durer-Irish-16thC.jpg
 
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Irish_Iron_Spring said:
Predominantly looking for the irish historical blades if they have any good representatives. Thanks all!!!
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As has been mentioned many cultures contributed to Ireland, most notably the Celts and the Norse. The only weapon that I'm aware of that is uniquely Irish unless you want to count the shillelagh are ring pommeled swords as in the illustration above.

Through much of their history the Irish were considered a bit backward, even primitive, unique weapons were not their thing.
 
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