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My Publications (Mo Foilseachání)

As part of my efforts to promote authentic Irish martial arts, I publish materials pertaining to Irish martial arts. In addition to this website, I have published several book and have a few more in the works. By buying my books you support my work and I sincerely thank you for your support. Due to volume I can no longer sign and sell my books personally, but they are available via my publishers.

Irish Gangs and Stick-Fighting In The Works of William Carleton, is a collection of stories about Irish stick-fighters, written in the 19th century, by the Irish author William Carleton. Carleton was an Irish stick-fighter himself, and this is the first time that all of his tales about stick-fighting have been collected in a single volume. The stories provide many details about Irish methods of fighting in the 19th century, and great insights into the fighting culture and code - what I call the "Shillelagh Law" - which guided the lives of Irish fighting men, throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Four hundred endnotes, meticulously researched, explain the 19th century Irish, and Hiberno-English terms, used by Carleton throughout the text, while the introduction explains Carleton’s life and his important role in the history of Irish stick-fighting.

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