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About my S.C.A.
& Reik Felag alter-egos, Sionann
& Gala
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I am Sionann in Ui Fhlaithbheartaig,
Namesake of a Goddess, powerful and true,
Christened for the river where emerald Eire draws its life.
Sometimes I am remembered of as Gala, the Half-Dane, whose name
means "Lovely voice".
I come from across the sea to feast with the people of my Mother's
line,
Grandmother's Grandmother's kin,
And the kin of my choosing.
Holly House familiar & Felagi Friends, your word fame rings true. |
Lauded Skald of Tir Righ,
Many are the songs I sing,
Strong and clear the tones of gentle supplication.
Surely the birds are silent and heaven weeps to hear.
Melodious the notes I play.
Stirring poems I write.
Deftly I pluck the heartstrings of joy and sorrow till all is spent.
Beauty trapped in paint and stone, forever frozen,
Unlocked by my hands.
Music, Art, the lifeblood surging.
They are marrow of my bones. |
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My frame looms large, if only to house
the heart within.
Eyes changeable, flashing green, crystal blue, wintry grey.
See my soul in their myriad hues.
Gratefully I learn.
Passionately I create.
Quietly I serve.
Faithfully I love. |
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 Her Ladyship Sionann in Ui
Fhlaithbheartaig, ('SHEE-oh-nan knee LAY-fer-tee'... or... 'Shannon O'Flaherty'
for the Gaelic-ly Impaired), my
SCA alter-ego, currently resides in
the Barony of Lions Gate,
in the Principality of Tir Righ,
in the lovely Kingdom of An Tir (AKA:
Vancouver BC, Canada). Sionann (B. ca. 1000AD Iarrconnacht, Ireland) is the daughter
of an Irish sea-merchant/trader, Tigernan, and Brita Oilibhearsdottir, a Norse/Irish
woman (B. ca. 980AD Jorvik, England). It has also been said that Sionann
bears an uncannily striking resemblance to her gggg-grandmother, Gala Haldene
(Half-Dane) Brynjolfsdottir (B. ca.
860AD), who hailed from around the Norse
settlement of Jorvik (York), in northern England. (AKA: Gala Thyrisdottir) See Sionann's
(and Gala's) family
tree HERE.
Sionann is the current "Skaldic Champion of Tir Righ", has served on retinue as Lady in
Waiting to Viscountess Bernadette Ebhilin Ard (former Princess of Tir Righ), autocratted and/or Co-Autocratted many events including An Tir 12th Night 2008 and An Tir Kingdom Bardic 2008, and is a former Bardic Defender of Lions Gate. Sionann is a
member of Holly House, and an Apprentice
to Mistress Seiglynda of Elphinstone. She is also member of the Pure
Wenching Tarts Society (P.W.T.S.)... (as a side
note of interest: Viscountess Bernadette's alter-ego, Bernie, is also a PWTS
babe.)
 Sionann enjoys dancing (when she is
able), doing period music at Bardics, researching music stuff, some illumination
(from time to time, though I need MUCH more practice), period style etchings and paintings
(see one of the paintings Sionann did in the
Portfolio Page
3... the bust painting). She also participates in archery on
occasion (although she still can't hit the broad side of a barn, from the
inside), likes helping in the kitchen or gate for events, and
wenching (serving/waitressing) the taverns. Her current obsessions are playing her Anglo-Saxon Lyre,
King David Harp, learning tablet weaving (so for this is not going as well as hoped... LOL),
and trying to find someone to teach her Naalbinding...
Sionann, or rather, Gala, is also a member or
Reik Felag, a Norse/viking
Re-creation group, not affiliated with the SCA, though several members
are, or have been, in the SCA. Reik Felag concentrates their interests
entirely on the Norse culture, that of the Danes, meaning Norwegian,
Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Icelandic, Rus and Slav cultures, with a smattering
of Anglo-Saxon, Scottish and Irish and even some Byzantine influences
(basically anything or anywhere that the Viking were historically known to
have traveled and traded).
Sionann's proposed S.C.A. Device
(coat-of-arms.... which is the black/green with a white Dragonfly you see
below) is still a work in progress and needs Heraldic advice.
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