Books are always useful. I work at a University so I have pretty good access to even hard to find books, I'll check if it's in the system. It sounds like your personal library is quite the collection as well.

Thanks, I'm always interested in new books. Whenever you get around to identifying that other book I'd be interested in taking a look at it too. http://books.google.com/books?id=u0YiAQAAIAAJ&q=john+marsden+galloglass&dq=john+marsden+galloglass&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jX6yT_KIJOOZiAKXqNynBA&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA Thi...

Is it this one: http://books.google.com/books/about/Kin ... mkPwAACAAJ ?

If not, if you could post an ISBN# that would be great.

Just to clarify, I am talking about cultural influence, not political.

Yes, I first pulled this from Twilight Lords. My point in saying they may be Ulfhednar was not to say that they were pagan, it was to say that they may well have been of Norse descent and following old Norse traditions, so the armor may be a Norse design as opposed to an Irish design. Leaf mail vs c...

When Shane O'Neill went to Elizabeth's court, his guards were described as having shaved heads, wolf skins over their shoulders, three foot axes, and "leaf mail" from their necks to their knees. The Elizabethans called everything mail so I don't think that part is important, but the "leaf" part sugg...