Lord fáelán O' dálaigh

I was born 984 in a Danish longphort called Annagasson Ireland. Born to a Danish mother and Irish father.  Father was a blacksmith/armourer to Danes and Irish.  At the age of 5 years my father died.  Being raised by a Danish mother and their influence in my village, I spoke both Gaelic and Dane.  When I reached 9 years, with the unrest between Boru and Mael Sehnaill mother sent me North toa Uncle of the Northern Ui Naills near Armagh.  Mother feared the foreigner cleansing like the tales of the 850's

There I was taught the ways of smithing, armour, and combat.  Word came from the South of large armies being raised.  Irish against Irish, Dane against Dane.  These stories lead me South to regain with the Southern Ui Naills lead by Mael.

After joining the Southern Army and witnessing Boru and Mael divide Ireland, the actions at Clontarf by Mael, these lead me to return to Annagasson to find that mother had died.  With this I tried to sign on with a Viking raiders.

Being on Half-Dane the only raider who would take me on was the Raven.  The Master had died of wounds from his last raids.  Leaving the ship to his only heir, his daughter.  Sigrid Rabenfels.

After years of coastal raids of England.  I ended my travel era.  Settling in theIslands of Northern Scotland, as far from Ireland as possible.

There I met and Married a Scot from the Orkney Isle of Flotta.  We quietly raised a family, built armour, and smithing..

My coat of arms still depicts my Irish roots, but at the same time express the large division of my homeland.

Since my time in the SCA I have spent time in the Barony of Borealis [Schwanstein] , the Barony of Montengarde, and now in Rhuddglyn.

Mundane Name; Gord Daley

Society Name; Fáelán O' Dálaigh

Award of Arms granted By Kvigr & Linnet September 18, 2007 (Scroll Pictures)

Sergeant of Montengarde (May 10, 2008)

Medieval DOB; 20/12/984

Medieval POB; Annagasson, Ireland

Activities; Heraldry, Armouring, Archery, Calligraphy,Illumination

Combat; Heavy; [Sword and shield ], Archery; [Combat and target ]

Time in; Since [1986 ] off and on time allowing.