Seamus na Coille Aosda
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File:Seamus at the Hunt 2.jpg Seamus at the Endewearde Hunt 2012 | |
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Resides: Shire of Endewearde | |
Status: Active | |
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File:Seamus' Arms.GIF Argent, a trillium purpure barbed vert and seeded Or. | |
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AoA, Crystal of Glymm Mere |
Introduction
Lord Seamus na Coille Aosda:
Aka: Seamus a Chnuic Ghuirm (registered name).
A founding (1970s) member of the Shire of Vinland (a predecessor to Endewearde in central & eastern Maine) and a member of Clan Cnoc Gorm, a household of Vinland.
In 1979 Seamus moved to An Tir where he was a founding member of the Shire of Evercleare (1981), now the Barony of Glymm Mere [1], where he was a member of the household of Sir Richard Fergus Fitzalan [2], first Baron Glymm Mere. He returned to the East in 1984 to find no trace of Vinland. In 2012, after a 28 year lapse, he became active in the SCA again, and is happily a member of the Shire of Endewearde.
Awards
- Crystal of Glymm Mere [3](Barony of Glymm Mere, Kingdom of An Tir) By: Richard Fergus Fitzalan, Gwendolyn Fitzalan, December 10, 1983.
- Award of Arms (An Tir) By: Manfred Kriegstreiber, Morwyn of Wye, Jan 14, 1984 (AS XVIII)
Persona
Irish kern.
Offices & Positions
- Seneschal, Shire of Vinland, mid 1970s.
- Scribe, Barony of Glym Mere, early 1980s.
Event Staff
- Assistant autocrat in charge of the roast shoat, Vinland Revel, mid 1970s.
- Assistant autocrat in charge of the Yule Fire lighting ceremony, Yule Feast, Shire of Evercleare, December 10, 1983.
Projects & Publications
- The Looking Glass [4], newsletter of the Shire of Evercleare, now the Barony of Glymm Mere, 1980s. Covers for issues 4-9 & 22, as well as incidental illustrations, borders and several short articles on calligraphic technique.
- Designed and crafted the original Red Deer Awards for the Shire of Evercleare, now the Red Hart of the Barony of Glymm Mere, 1983.
- Researched and built a lye leaching hopper which was used by Endewearde's soap makers to successfully leach a lye solution from wood ash, Spring 2012.
- "Memories of Vinland: what came before", Northern Watch[5], newsletter of the Shire of Endewearde, spring 2012.
- "Hungarian or Gypsy Campfire Bacon", Northern Watch[6], newsletter of the Shire of Endewearde, September 2012.
Interests & Activities
- Thrown weapons (A novice with the light javelins of an Irish kern.)
- Archery (A novice.)
- Woodworking (A journeyman carpenter.)
- Campcraft (A master.)
- Leather working (A novice.)
- Metal working (A novice.)
- Gardening (A novice.)
- Soap making (A wanabe.)
- Bee keeping (A wanabe.)
- Long distance trail running (Still doing it & coaching.)
Current Projects & Works in Progess
- A Tuam chair using only hand tools.
- A set of three light javelins/darts appropriate for use by an Irish kern.
- Carving a Gaelic war standard in the form of a boar.
- Building trestle tables.
- Organizing & annotating the remaining, fragmentary records from the defunct Shire of Vinland.
More Information
Seamus' FaceBook page: [7]
Shire of Endewearde Order of Precedence[8]
Seamus' entry in the An Tir Roll of Arms [9]
Seamus' listing in the An Tir Order of Precedence [10]