The story
- Irish · borrowed fromgallóglach“foreign soldier”
- English todaygallowglass
From Irish gallóglach (“foreign soldier”), from Gall (“foreigner, non-Gaelic person”) + óglách (“soldier”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
gallowglass
Today it means: A mercenary warrior élite among Gaelic-Norse clans residing in the Western Isles of Scotland and Scottish Highlands from the mid 13th century to the end of the 16th century. Full definition →
Irish gallóglach