Fidchell World Cup (ASNaC Yule Play 2018)

Описание: Join the teams from the Northern and Southern Uí Néill in the 798AD Fidchell World Cup! (Explanation below)

By the students of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Department of Cambridge University; a sketch from 2018's ASNaC Yule Play (when each Christmas we attempt to entertain the rest of our Department with silly medieval-themed songs and sketches.) If you are interested in learning more about studying ASNC at Cambridge, do feel free to contact us at [email protected] or by commenting, and check out our other videos!

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Explanation:
Fidchell is a board game not unlike chess that appears in several Irish texts. The Uí Neill are a dynasty who ruled much of medieval Ireland. Saint Columba was an Irish abbot in the 500s. Wales and the Britons is a dense history book. Proinsias Mac Cana is an Irish medieval linguistic scholar. Cursive minuscule is a script used in medieval manuscripts. There is a famous poem written in the margin of an Irish manuscript starting with the line "the wind is bitter tonight", about the constant threat of Viking raids.