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Galway Viking Larp Groups?

ronan keane · 2012-02-12 00:46:13

Howdy There, I've always had a love for vikings,the way they lived,their weapony and their clothing. Id love to start reenacting I'd like know if there are any groups for Vikings around the Galway Region? I Am Under The Age Of 18 By The Way

12-02-2012 1:46am

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ronan keane

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Howdy There,
I've always had a love for vikings,the way they lived,their weapony and their clothing.
Id love to start reenacting I'd like know if there are any groups for Vikings around the Galway Region?

I Am Under The Age Of 18 By The Way

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#2 12-02-2012 2:00am

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I would suggest checking with the college.

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#3 12-02-2012 9:23am

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You might have more luck with reenactment with these guys:
http://livinghistory.ie/

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#4 12-02-2012 9:53am

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you want to beat people up and rape women?

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#5 12-02-2012 12:50pm

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Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

you want to beat people up and rape women?

Who Doesn't? haha

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#6 12-02-2012 2:27pm

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Battle of the Flags happened in UCC this weekend.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.299511046773639.67508.112851875439558&type=1

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#7 12-02-2012 2:46pm

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Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

you want to beat people up and rape women?

Less of the Vikingphobic remarks please.

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#8 25-02-2012 10:47pm

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My friends and I have often joked about getting beered-up and "gatecrashing" a LARP session. Pulling up in a red Hi-ace, staggering out and getting stuck-in to a LARP group as "wandering monsters" would be a hoot!

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#9 26-02-2012 10:05pm

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That would be very unwise. Not to mention ignorant.

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#10 01-04-2012 10:48pm

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How old are u?are u more interested in the weapons or character style larp

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#11 07-02-2013 2:09pm

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I am also looking for LARPS in Galway, Found anything please?.
Thanks.

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#12 06-03-2013 3:01pm

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I have been trying to set up SOME sort of LARP in Galway, but nobody seems to be bothered even though they seem to have them in the other cities. Itzacon is coming up this month in NUIG - dunno if they have any Viking stuff but worth a look. The University society, Fansci, has nothing like that AFAIK.

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#13 07-03-2013 2:38am

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We tried over the years in FanSci, but there was never much interest in LARP in general. UCC has much more success with it. There'll be a busload of UCC folks at Itzacon who are also involved in the re-enactment stuff, and would be delighted to talk about it, but it's not something Itzacon really does. There could be a group out there by now, I suppose, I've not lived in Galway since late 2009, but I suspect I'd have heard about it by now if there was one.

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#14 08-03-2013 2:56pm

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If you're interested in the political/parlour style of game rather than the rubber sword option, I know people around Dublin involved who could give you some tips etc.

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#15 11-03-2013 11:54am

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Turns out I was wrong, and there are groups of re-enactment/LARP folks in Galway. If you drop a chap by the name of Seraphicblue a PM, he should be able to put you in touch with some of them. He's Cork based himself but knows people across the country.

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#16 01-05-2013 10:39pm

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Sarky wrote: »

Turns out I was wrong, and there are groups of re-enactment/LARP folks in Galway. If you drop a chap by the name of Seraphicblue a PM, he should be able to put you in touch with some of them. He's Cork based himself but knows people across the country.

Thank You

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#17 08-07-2016 12:04pm

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This is an old thread but I was just wondering if anything ever came out of this? Is there now a reenactment group in Galway?

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