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Eplaheimr is a SCA shire covering the Midlands (Offaly, Laois & North Tipperary) part of Lough Devnaree (Ireland) in the Crown Principality of Insulae Draconis. We are mostly centred around Shinrone, Co. Offaly and its surrounding areas but open to everyone in our catchment areas.
Our Shire includes a college branch
The College of King's Lake.
This covers the Athlone Institute of Technology, Co. Westmeath. For details on King's Lake, click here |
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Eplaheimr is a part of the Society for Creative Anachronism(SCA), an international historical selective recreation group covering history up to 1600 A.D.. For more detailed description of the Society and what we do, please have a look at this page taken the the SCA.org website.
For information on SCA groups in Ireland, the U.K and further afield, please look at this page
For a detailed description of our regular events, take a look at this page
If you are interested in getting involved with SCA activities, follow this link for information on life in the Society, creating a persona, how to behave, etc.
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NEWS
HERALDIC FEAST
The weekend of the 13-15 June saw the Heraldic Feast event held in Eplaheimr. We were graced by the presence of Their Excellencies, the Viceroy and Vicereine of Insulae Draconis and held our largest event to date, with 47 people.
Many varied activities took place throughout the event, including two Prize playings for entry to the Drachenwald Academy of Defence and several authorisations.
Links to photo galleries of the event will be upcoming
REGULAR PRACTICES CHANGES
As of the last Shire meeting, our Fencing and Heavy Practice times have changed. Both activities will now run at the same times
Tuesdays 18.00 -20.00
Sundays - 14.00 - 17.00
RAGLAN EXPEDITION
At the Feast of Flowers event it was announced that the Shire will mount an expedition to the great Fair Raglan at Raglan Castle in Wales in August. This is a magnificent event run by the fair Shire of Mynydd Gywn. If you are interested in this event, please contact the Seneschal
For older news, click here |
UPCOMING EVENTS
A SUMMER'S FEAST
Eplaheimr holds it's celebration of the joys of summer from the 3-5th July. For details, click here
CHAMPIONS OF LOUGH DEVNAREE
Oyez, Oyez, the Shire of Eplaheimr invites one and all to Champions of Lough Devnaree, in Clara, Co. Offaly. This event will decide the archery, heavy, fencing, and A&S Champions for the coming year. Click here for details
FOR A FULL LIST OF OUR EVENTS PLEASE CLICK THE CALENDAR LINK ON THE TOP LEFT. |
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If your are interested in the SCA and are in our
catchment area click on the Officers link at the side of the screen
for details on how to get in contact with someone from Eplaheimr. For information on our activities, click here
For a list of all up and coming events with our shire click
here.
If you want information about buying an SCA membership, then please follow this link!!
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