Subject: ceithernach 'kern' light infantry skirmisher
Culture: Gaelic Irish
Setting: Ireland 15-17thc
Object: costume = ionar jacket, leine shirt
National Museum of Ireland -- Decorative Arts and History > Soldiers and Chiefs: The Irish at War at Home and Abroad since 1550 *
"IRISH MUSKETEER, 1598 This soldier carries a light 'caliver' musket, He is touching the lit match against the gunpowder in the pan, which will fire the weapon. His dress is traditionally Irish, but he wears a tall Morion helmet for protection,
and carries a supply of gunpowder in the flask at his side."
"MUSCAEDÓIR NA HÉIREANN, 1598 Tá muscaed 'caliver' éadrom á iompar ag an saighdiúir seo, ní raibh sé chomh hanásta leis an ngnáth-arm a bhíodh in úsáid ag an am. Tá sé ag bualadh an chipín atá lasta in aghaidh an phúdair ghunna sa phanna, lena scaoilfear an tarm. Tá sé gléasta in éide thraidisiúnta na héireann, ach tá clogad moirian ard air mar chosaint, agus soláthar púdair ghunna aige san fhleasc lena thaobh."
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