FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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mercenary soldiers
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cheap art
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a battlefield
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an execution
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Detailed explanation-1: -kerns and gallowglasses (1.2.16) Terms for Celtic soldiers. Kerns were Irish or Scottish light-armed foot soldiers. A kern would carry a shield of wood and either a sword or bow and arrow. The gallowglass were mercenary armored warriors who served primarily as bodyguards to Celtic chieftains.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Gallowglass (also spelled galloglass, gallowglas or galloglas; from Irish: gallóglaigh meaning foreign warriors) were a class of elite mercenary warriors who were principally members of the Norse-Gaelic clans of Ireland between the mid 13th century and late 16th century.
Detailed explanation-3: -The word ‘kern’ is a phonetic rendering in English of the Irish ceithearn, meaning in a general sense a ‘war-band’ or ‘troop’ and having its roots in words signifying ‘battle’ and ‘slaughter’.
Detailed explanation-4: -Names such as Sweeney, McDonnell, Mc Cabe, O’ Gallagher, O’ Boyle, McQuillan, McDowells, McSheehy, McConnell, McRory, McGill, McCoy, Campbell, Agnew, McCallion and MacNeill. Many other surnames are also recorded as originating within the gallowglass tradition.