The word Shillelagh which has its origins from the once majestic ancient oak forest of Shillelagh in County Wicklow has now become synonymous with a certain type of tacky tourist artifact.

How shillelagh fighting evolved into a Irish martial art ... This is known as a “loaded stick”. (The sticks made of Blackthorn are so heavy there was no need to “load” them as they come ...

The shillelagh was a powerful symbol of Irish fighting culture ... More typically, blackthorn sticks (the hardest Irish wood) were smeared with butter and cured in chimneys over time.

Similar strikes killed many men in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Back then, this long wooden stick with a bulbous head, called a shillelagh, was key to bataireacht, or Irish stick fighting.And this ...

Shillelagh also happens to be the name of a famous oak forest that ... While fighting, an individual would ... you’ll see parade officials and dancers carrying blackthorn walking sticks, ...

EVERYBODY KNOWS some variation of the old song ' With my Shillelagh under my arm…' but it might come as a surprise that authentic Shillelagh sticks are still being carefully handcrafted in the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Ireland’s historical martial art form has found its way to the Capital Region. Trish Smith and John Borter are on a mission to train the next generation of Irish stick ...

Using traditional blackthorn walking sticks as weapons, the sport combines the principles of fist-fighting and the motions of a stick. Glen Doyle is a Canadian master of Irish stick-fighting after ...

You don’t have to be Irish to know how to make a shillelagh (pronounced shih-LAY-lee or shih-LAY-lah). In fact, the sturdy, gnarled hardwood wallopers (which the Celts have carried–as canes or ...