Ulaid

Units of Ulaid

Retinues:

Ceithearn (Kern): Kerns are bands of young men, armed with swords, long daggers and either bows, javelins or darts. They forgo the use of any armour in favour of light skirmish infantry tactics.
1,000 Aurei to recruit.

Levies:

Gaelic Nobles: The wealthiest of the free men. To even be recognised as a lord you must be wealthy and influential for three generations, and the position can be lost to those who fall below their station. Gaelic nobles are armed with swords, daggers, javelins, and bows. Some wear elaborate clothing and jewellery while others opt for Irish (or better, looted) armour, and most are now mounted. Despite this, a large number of Irish nobles still use light chariots for speeding around the battlefield - a technology superseded by cavalry almost everywhere else in Europe. These contraptions are perhaps less cost-effective than cavalry, but they certainly mark out their users as someone to be awed at.

Gaelic Peasants: The great mass of the Irish population, ranging from lesser lords, with some lands but few clients, through yeoman farmers and clients, down to various grades of the unfree agricultural population. They are armed largely with spears and javelins or bows.

Navy:

Keel: For larger bands on naval expeditions, we may commission a Germanic-style vessel. Manned by around 100 Gaelic raiders.
1,000 Aurei to recruit.

The Irish may freely raid any lands separated from their own by smaller seas, such as the British Channel or Irish sea, by using humble Curracks, small carriable vessels that can be paddled across difficult waters and have been in use since before recorded history.

5,000 Pagan hot-heads arrive to bolster the retinues of Loegaire. Raiders, zealouts, bandits and pirates - they are not the friendliest of people, but they share Loegaire's passion for the old ways, and his hatred for the new Christ-god.

Have you updated my armies to reflect the loss of life in Britannia?