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Irish involvement in the 1160 siege of Perth?[edit]

Wynton writes:

"Quhen the kyng Malcome come agayne

of hys Legis mad hym a Trayne:

A Master-man cald Feretawche,

With Gyllandrys Ergemwache,

And othir Master-men, thare fyve

Agayne the Kyng, than ras belywe,

For caws that he past til Twlows,

Agayne hym thai were all irows:

Forthi thai set thame, hym to ta,

Intil Perth or than hym sla;

Bot the Kyng rycht manlyly,

Swne skalyd all that company

And tuk and slwe."

This line mention a 'Feretawche' which is Ir. 'Fercharach', Earl of Strathearn, and 'Gyllandrys' which is Ir. 'Gille Ainnrias'. Kuno Meyer considers 'Ergemwache' to be 'Ergennawche' and that 'awche' is from the Irish ending -ach. And so interprets 'Ergemwache, through 'Ergennach', as 'Ereannach' -> 'Irishman'.

Hence Fercharach', Earl of Strathearn is in the company of Gille Ainnrias Ereannach. (Note: Strathearn is named for Erinn.}