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The ancient past
Galloglas of the minor sort
(galloglass, gallowglass)
This theory indicates the possibility that those with the surname CARLOS, CARLEY, CORLY, CURLY (and other variants) was a sept of a Scottish clan such as MacLEAN or CAMPBELL, and were “minor” galloglas. This is one possible explanation of how CARLOS’ got from Scotland to Ireland, if they indeed went from Ireland, to Scotland, and back again to Ireland.
On a personal note
If my CARLOS’ WERE galloglas families where galloglas is in my genes, so to speak, it would explain a characteristic of mine: In battle, I stand my ground ‘TO THE LAST.’ Contemporary (so-called civilized) society offers many opportunies to battle others in endless ways, although usually not in man-to-man combat.
— ljcs
See more about galloglas on MacAuley.
Websites giving background information about gallowglass
leitrim-roscommon.com/plavin
Ancestral Quest
nifhs.org
North of Ireland Family History Society
geocities.com/na_degadmedieval_ireland
Galloglaich history & equipment
Galaxy Cyber Cafe
Rory’s page
home.earthlink.neterggsibiba
Royal Galloglas
MacKie Family
Campbell as gallowglasses
Tartans.com
MacDougall gallowglasses
Doyle.com
McDowells in Ireland
users.stargate.net
Have Battle Ax Will Travel
dalriada.co.uk
Dalriada Celtic Heritage Trust
lyberty.com
Ancient Kingdom of Dalriada
(Dalriada has a number of spellings, as two words Dal Riada and/or a ‘t’ rather than a ‘d’)
nacn.org
North Antrim Dalriada Group
geocities.com/judys-space
see Highlander
lowrys.com
Scotch-Irish (Ulster-Scots)
Books
Scots Mercenary Forces in Ireland (1565-1603)
by Gerard Anthony Hayes-McCoy
Pub Edmund Burke Publisher, 1996
Galloglas: Hebridean & West Highland Mercenary Warrior Kindreds in Medieval Ireland
by John Marsden
A Concise History of Scotland
by Fitzroy MacLean
The Wars of the Bruces: England, Scotland & Ireland 1306-1328
by Colm MacNamee
Angus Og of the Isles
by I.F. Grant (out of print; get it used)
A Military History of Ireland
by Thomas Bartlett, Keith Jeffery
The Lords of the Isles: The Clan Donald & the Early Kingdom of the Scots
by Ronald Williams
ISBN 1899863176
Pub House of Lochar
1999
West Highland Mercenaries in Ireland
by Andrew McKerral