Talk:Perth Castle
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Irish involvement in the 1160 siege of Perth?
[edit]Wynton writes:
"Quhen the kyng Malcome come agayne
of hys Legis mad hym a Trayne:
A Master-man cald Feretawche,
With Gyllandrys Ergemwache,
And othir Master-men, thare fyve
Agayne the Kyng, than ras belywe,
For caws that he past til Twlows,
Agayne hym thai were all irows:
Forthi thai set thame, hym to ta,
Intil Perth or than hym sla;
Bot the Kyng rycht manlyly,
Swne skalyd all that company
And tuk and slwe."
This line mention a 'Feretawche' which is Ir. 'Fercharach', Earl of Strathearn, and 'Gyllandrys' which is Ir. 'Gille Ainnrias'. Kuno Meyer considers 'Ergemwache' to be 'Ergennawche' and that 'awche' is from the Irish ending -ach. And so interprets 'Ergemwache, through 'Ergennach', as 'Ereannach' -> 'Irishman'.
Hence Fercharach', Earl of Strathearn is in the company of Gille Ainnrias Ereannach. (Note: Strathearn is named for Erinn.}
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