Did the Norse Irish have anything that set them apart from regular Norse? Stuff like designs on their shields, clothing, weird dialects etc
>>18515242The Icelanders, normans and northern-isles norse have in common that they are maritime west-norse with historical intermarriage with the Cimbri, whose main base was at Læsø and across the norwegian coast as an intermediary on the way to the Orkneys.The marriage between Freyr and Gerdr is just the token example of a greater anthropological blend between the norse and british islanders.tldr;the norse-irish probably already clustered somewhat among british islander haplogroups like Rollo.
>>18515242The Norse Irish (aka Norse-Gaels) did differ eventually, but mostly in the sense that they adopted Irish Gaelic culture for the most part. By the latter stage of the "Viking Age" in Ireland the most significant Norse-Gael powers in Ireland were probably>Limerick, lead by Ivar of Limerick (Uí Ímair)>Dublin, lead by Sigtrygg Silkbeard (also Uí Imair)But the Gaels and Norse-Gaels had been intermarrying for a long time by this stage.I've never come across examples of them dressing distinctively different or anything like that, with one extremely notable exception; the Gallowglass. In Irish they were known as the gallóglach, which translates to "foreign warrior", as "foreigners" was the most common term for both Norse-Gaels and the Norse from outside Ireland, although some Norse-Gaels were called Gall Gaeil to reference the blend of foreigner/gael. When the Gaels in bits of western scotland mixed with the Norse in the same region, a new sort of warrior class emerged that blended elements of both Gaelic and Norse military attire and thought. For much of history Ireland had little in the way of elite heavy troops (more focused on skirmish/raiders/light cavalry) but the Gallowglass filled that gap. While they originated in western Scotland many of the Gaels and Norse-Gaels there had familial or political ties to Irish clans and Kingdoms, and before long the Gallowglass became better known for their presence in Ireland than anywhere else. They were known for their large weapons and distinctive helmets, initially like in picrel but later they were known to wear helmets sort of similar to morion helmets. Extremely cool history to them, and they played a pivotal role in several big battles as late as the 16th Century.
