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throne of England : thus, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth,
Anno 1601, O'Neill, Prince of Ulster, visited London, in
consequence of a promise made by him the previous year
to the Queen ; and Camden tells us that " he appeared at
court with his guards of Gall-oglachs [Gallowglasses] bare-
headed, armed with hatchets, their hair flowing in locks
on their shoulders, on which were yellow shirts dyed with
saffron, with long sleeves, short coats, and thrum jackets;
at which strange sight the Londoners marvelled much."
The hereditary marshals of Ulster were the O'Gallaghers ;
the Mac Cafferies the standard-bearers ; the Mac Sweenys
captains of the guards, and the O'Gnives the poets.
The hereditary marshals of Leinster were the O'Connors,
princes of Ui Fhailge ; the standard-bearers were the
'Germans or Mac Germans, princes of Hy Mairge or
Margy ; the O'Dempsys, lords of Clanmalier, were the
captains of the guards ; the Mac Keoghs were the historio-
graphers ; the O'Dorans the brehons ; and the O'Mores
were the hereditary treasurers.
The hereditary marshals of Connaught were the Mac
Dermods ; the 'Flaherties were the standard-bearers ; the
O'Kellys of Hy Many were the treasurers; the Maelconaires
the historiographers,^ &c. We do not find who the other state
officers were ; but the Mac Firbises were the physicians.
The hereditary marshals of Desmond, or South Mun-
ster, were the O'Keeffes ; the O'Falveys were the admirals ;
for we find in " Toraigheacht Cheallachain Chaisil," an-
nounced for publication by the Irish Archfeological and
Celtic Society, that the fleet was commanded by Failbhe
Fionn. We do not find who the standard-bearer and trea-
surer were ; but the Mac Egans were the hereditary chief
• See a paper on the Inauguration of Cathal Crobhdhearg, king of
Connaught, A.D. 1244, published in the Transactions of the Kilkenny
Archaeological Society for 1853, in which all these offices are noticed.