High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Gaels employed a variety of weapons in combat including javelins (called sleagh in gaelic), harpoons (gae), darts (birin), slings, spears and swords. Javelins and harpoons were used by the wealthiest among them, while less wealthy fighters used slings and darts, although ranged combat was generally disdained in Celtic warfare as being cowardly. Gaels employed a variety of spears, swords, and axes for close quarters combat. The Craisech was also used. It was a long spear used from horseback to pursue a defeated enemy and stab overhand from above, or used with both hands like a bayonet to fight at close quarters after dismounting. Gaelic swords were a very small affair, many not being more than 14 inches long, though blades with lengths of 21 inches were common. They were rigid, double-edged, and had an acute point used for stabbing. There were, however, longer swords based on La Tene Gallic models which were long and capable of delivering...

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