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Birlinn

The birlinn (Scottish Gaelic: bìrlinn) or West Highland galley was a wooden vessel propelled by sail and oar, used extensively in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland from the Middle Ages on. Variants of the name in English and Lowland Scots include "berlin" and "birling". The Gaelic term may derive from the Norse byrðingr (ship of boards), a type…

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Ireland

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Birlinn

Nodes65
Edges64
Triples87
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030769
Components1

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related to References · 27
Birlinn → Adam, Archaeology, Basil, Blackie, Boat, Caldwell, Carmichael, Charles Black, David, Denis, Dublin, Duffy, Edinburgh, Four Courts Press, Gaelic Songs, Gallowglass, Having, Ireland, ISBN, London
related to Use · 15
Birlinn → Argyll, Godred Olafsson, Hebrides, In, Islay, Isles, It, King, Late Middle Ages, Lord, MacDonalds, Norse, Somerled, The, The Lords
related to Possible changes in design · 12
Birlinn → An English, Arasaig, Cantyre, Highlanders, If, Ireland, Irish, Mediterranean, Redshanks, The, There, Two Clanranald
related to Construction and maintenance · 9
Birlinn → Highlands, In, Nineteenth-century, Norse, Over, Surviving, Symmetrical, The, Viking
related to Rigging and sails · 8
Birlinn → Carved, Highlands, It, Medieval, Norse, There, This, Traditional Highland
related to External links · 6
Birlinn → Flickr, GalGael, Harris, Mallaig HeritageImage, Rodel Chapel, ScotlandHighland Galleys
related to Further reading · 6
Birlinn → Hebrides, ISBN, John, Longships, Macauley, The White Horse Press
related to Naval technology · 4
Birlinn → It, No, The, Vessels

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vessel vessels highland scotland used galley oars isles west century sail type design hebrides norse scottish gaelic ireland also evidence

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Birlinnrelated to Construction and maintenanceIn0.60section
Birlinnrelated to Construction and maintenanceNorse0.60section
Birlinnrelated to Construction and maintenanceViking0.60section
Birlinnrelated to Construction and maintenanceSymmetrical0.60section
Birlinnrelated to Construction and maintenanceOver0.60section
Birlinnrelated to Construction and maintenanceThe0.60section
Birlinnrelated to Construction and maintenanceSurviving0.60section
Birlinnrelated to Construction and maintenanceNineteenth-century0.60section
Birlinnrelated to Construction and maintenanceHighlands0.60section
Birlinnrelated to External linksGalGael0.60section
Birlinnrelated to External linksScotlandHighland Galleys0.60section
Birlinnrelated to External linksMallaig HeritageImage0.60section

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