| Like early gallowglasses, they were supporting Mael Sechnaill, king of Tara, against the Scandinavians of Dublin and his Irish rivals. |
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| Dermot O'Conor Don, a valiant man, had, with a body of 1,500 kerns and gallowglasses, entered his service. |
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| For over three centuries, up to the final defeat of the seventeenth century, they fought as gallowglasses in the struggles of Ulster, mainly on behalf of the O'Donnells. |
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| In the search for sporting success, the Qatari authorities began handing out passports to a horde of gallowglasses from across the world of athletics. |
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| Several texts in the first section focus on or mention kerns and gallowglasses, which reflect the state of conflict in Ireland at the end of the sixteenth century. |
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