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>Costume Studies
>>1573 Irish ceithernach
>>>context
>>>>secondary sources
Subject: ceithernach 'kern' light infantry skirmisher
Culture: Gaelic Irish
Setting: Ireland 15-17thc
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​National Museum of Ireland -- Decorative Arts and History > Soldiers and Chiefs - The Irish at War at Home and Abroad since 1550 *
"Kern: a term for an Irish foot soldier of the lower orders; often he fought out of duty to his feudal lord"
"Ceithernach: a thugtaí ar choisí Éireannach den íosaicme; ba mhinic a throid sé mar dhualgas ar son a thiarna feodaigh."
"Bonnaght: an Irish foot soldier who fought for money"
"Bonnaght: coisi Éireannach a throid ar mhaithe leis an airgead"​