[Regia-NA] Introduction and Questions

[Nicholson, Andrew]

> My name is Conall (the rest is too=20
> long and Gaeilge to inflict on you right now). =20

Wanna bet?

<snip>
> Kit Guidelines from John Nicholl (who I think is from NFPS;=20
> The Vikings)
> that I found on the site for Gael agus Gall website(
> http://homepage.tinet.ie/~gael/gaelweb/kit.html)

I seem to recall that he may be ex-Regia, Dermot certainly is. GaG used =
to
be loosely affiliated with us - since we didn't have a presence in =
Ireland.
They used to do shows with us, and I ran into several of them again at
Slaine Castle in May. Nice folks.


> as well as trying to absorb all of the articles on the main=20
> Regia website
> and doing research on my own.  I joined this list in hopes of further
> improving my levels of personal authenticity.  I hope you=20
> learned folks don't mind me picking your brains.

Not at all, it keeps us on our toes.

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>     My main question is, are there any allowances in Regia=20
> Anglorum for 11th C. Irish?  Certainly they were around in Britain at =
the
time,=20
> and the Norse were heavily involved in Dublin, Waterford, Wexford,
Limerick, and
> elsewhere, but is there any place for us Gaels in the RA-NA =
organization?=20

There'd better be, or one of the longest-established Regia groups is in =
deep
trouble ;)
My own group is very much Hiberno-Norse - you can see the Mountains of
Mourne from some of the Galloway Hills. The Irish Sea is very much our
stamping ground.


> If so, what would be the guidelines?

I'll mail you an early draft of the Handbook section on Irish Dress if =
you'd
like.

Gu=F0rum