Irish or Welsh swords

[Iliad]

Jim, thank you for the kind reply. I do not have any of the references which you have given, so could you please post photos of Irish/Welsh swords from those sources? (Do Irish swords have a Shamrock engraved on the blade?)
But I take it that Irish/Welsh swords were really just English swords moved over the border into Wales or over the Irish Sea to Ireland?
Best to all,
Brian

[Pukka Bundook]

Brian,

The Irish swords that are old enough to be identifiable as such, are a long time before shamrocks got the Irish connection!
as Jim noted, Irish swords are generally from late-ish Iron age, and into the medieval perio. having said that, if someone mentions Irish swords, my mind goes to the former catagory (iron age)
Re Welsh;
Until the late Roman period, there was no Welsh as such, just the Britons, identified as Welsh by the Anglo-Saxons, so again, no special swords to Wales.

This is a simplified answer,...but I gotta' go!

Richard.

[Jim McDougall]

Hi Brian,
I dont have these references either, just know of them.
Richard, extremely well described!!! and its really good to see ya posting stranger!!!!

all the best,
Jim

[Iliad]

Thanks guys.
Brian