Over the generations the style of the ‘Shillelagh’ changed with the needs of its users. Countless modern Irish family names such as Kelly, Kealy, Kiely, Kelleher, Callaghan, and variations of these, owe their origins to Ealach. His followers were known as the ’Siol Ealaigh’ meaning the seed ( or descendants ) of Ealach. , and who resisted the influences of other clans who were becoming too Celtic in their ways. The name originated from a king or clan chieftain, Ealach Mac Faelchon, who lived in the 7th Century A.D. The subsequent dispersal of these people throughout Ireland and onward on the famine ships brought the fearsome weapon of their ancestors to the greater Irish Diaspora. This ethnic people had survived the invasive influences of the Celts, Vikings, Danes and Normans until their last refuge, the great oak forests of Shillelagh, were finally felled in the 18th century. In the first millennium, the warrior stick fighters of the Shillelagh territories were so renowned for their martial arts skills and ferocity that their tribal name became synonymous with the weapon that they were so adept with. Learn its history and folklore and perhaps the secrets of what makes a real Shillelagh, while exploring the stickmakers yard. The same old shillelagh he brought from ireland.Experience the ancient craft of Shillelagh stick making in the ancestral home of this renowned Irish icon. Sure with the same old shillelagh Me father could lick a dozen men As fast as they'd get up be gorry, He'd knock'em down again And many's the time he used it on me To make me understand The same old shillelagh Me father brought from ireland. He'd lead the band on paddy's day And twirle it round his mitt And divil a bit we'd laught at it Or dad would have a fit. And divil a man prouder than he, As he walked with it in his hand. Sure it's the same old shillelagh Me father brought from ireland. If there's afight I'll be alright, nobody bothers me, Because I have the old shillelagh me father gave to me. I'm going on the police force, it's the only thing to do, Instead of having one night stick,begorra I'll have two. Oh 50 years ago me father left old erins shore, He landed here a shillelagh in hand and divil a little more He got a job, then got a wife, then a family, And then he died and left his old shillelagh stick to me.
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