Qoutes

[Ranika]

"A wretched thing you are, to think nothing has the value worth fighting, killing, and dying for; how will our church persist if you do not fight those who would destroy it?" - St. Finbar, to the Daergwolla; a Gaelic pacifistic cult

"Death should be lauded. How beautiful it is to kill and die, and know that it all has value." - Unknown; attributed to an unnamed Dal Riadan chief

"Pray that the devil finds you before I do, lest I cause you pains unknown even to the damned!" - Unknown Welsh general to a Saxon general; shouted across a field

"Do not be disheartened by limitation. Do what you can, until all strength is spent, and you have done heroic things. A man can only do so much. If he could do more, he'd be God." - Attributed to St. Columba

"He wears many wounds - He has eyes with much blood - He has no breath - He cannot speak - He cannot hear - He can only weep - He can only walk" - Unknown author; poem about a Cornish soldier's ghost

"Fósce sna caearróg ach marbhfo tillpeagen!" "Whiskey in a jar and dead men about!" - Irish islander victory cry

"Riadarudda ar sibhae!" "The warriors of the Riadans are upon you!" - Dal Riadan battle cry

"Ay-dillay-dolay-didlay-ay-dillay-dollay-didlay" - Gaelic marching chant; originated approximately 560 AD (appears in Brollahie), used as late as the 1920s (in traditional and contemporary songs)