The Barelegged King’s End
Wind comes off the Irish Sea with a brisk salt that pricks the lip and lifts the gull-cry over the lough, and the ground in Down remembers. The turf keeps a grain of hoof and boot, a thin echo of…
Category History
The Shadow of the Gallowglass: Re-examining the Role of the Archer in Medieval Irish Warfare.
You can feel it in the land still, if you’re quiet enough. The way the past breathes up through the soil. We talk of the great warriors, the high kings, the men who stood shield to shield with sword and…
Men of Forlorn Hope
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An Unnatural History of the Bow: Trivia for the Terminally Curious Archer
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The Butcher’s Bill at Evesham
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The Aim of Being: Women’s Archery in Ireland hundred years ago and earlier
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An Arrow for the Earl
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The Wounds That Never Heal
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The Guild and the Crown
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Charles the Bold and the Gamble of Archers
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Germany at Full Draw
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The Arrows That Sang Against Steel: The Spanish Conquest and the Vanishing Echo of Indigenous Archery
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A Window and a Mirror
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The Forgotten Legacy of French Archery
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John the blind – The King’s last charge
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Marcin’s Favourite historical Figures Column
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Freedom’s Quiet Flame
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Steel, Shadows, and Scorched Earth
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Through Arrows’ Flight
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The Ghosts of Mary Rose
* Rising, Sinking and Resurrection * By Marcin Malek This is a revised and expanded edition of an article of the same title published in the 14th issue of TIFAM, December 2022 Also available as an audio Podcast on YouTube…