Above: Various Customs Arms and Armour.-The Irish employed two kinds of foot-soldiers: Galloglachs or Galloglasses and Kern. The galloglasses were heavy-armed infan- try. They wore a coat of mail and an iron helmet; a long sword hung by the side, and in the hand was carried a broad heavy keen-edged axe. The Irish never took to armour very generally, but preferred tc fight in saffron linen tunics, which lost them many a battle. The Kern were light-armed foot-soldiers : they wore head-pieces, and ... Read More