""Gillies"" Topic
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| Pauls Bods | 01 Feb 2014 6:48 a.m. PST |
The "small folk" for bannockburn
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 Jlundberg  | 01 Feb 2014 7:16 a.m. PST |
I was confused. I was expecting Leprechauns -I had not anticipated their participation in Bannockburn |
| Pictors Studio | 01 Feb 2014 8:24 a.m. PST |
I think the Leprechauns fought at Clontarf. |
| Broglie | 01 Feb 2014 9:08 a.m. PST |
I am not a language expert but are "gillies" not servants from the Gaelic word 'giolla' meaning a servant? Maybe a Scottish Gallic speaker might comment. |
 oldbob | 01 Feb 2014 10:12 a.m. PST |
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 enfant perdus | 01 Feb 2014 2:38 p.m. PST |
I am not a language expert but are "gillies" not servants from the Gaelic word 'giolla' meaning a servant? In modern Scottish Gaelic, gille means "boy", but it formerly meant "servant", both in the menial sense and also to denote someone who was pledged or devoted to a person or cause. The menial connotation still survives in "ghillie", the famous highland trackers and hunting guides, while the latter definition is fossilized in names such as Macgillivary, Gilmore, etc. These are often connected to saints. |
| Broglie | 01 Feb 2014 3:38 p.m. PST |
Indeed Enfant Perdus I did not realise that gille meant a boy in modern parlance. I was aware of the highand trackers.. My own surname has the term 'giolla' in its origin Mac an Giolla Seathán which became Mac an Giolla Eoin which became MacLean or McLean. |
 PaulCollins | 01 Feb 2014 6:10 p.m. PST |
This is why I love this site. I learn some of the most interesting stuff. Thanks for this…oh,and Paul, you are the reason I keep plugging away at 1/72. Thanks. |
| Ochoin One | 03 Feb 2014 10:52 p.m. PST |
@ Paul. Nice stuff as always. I'm a bit worried aboot Hamish though. He & yon Sassenach look a might too friendly. |
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