Lanea inghean Uí Chiaragáin

Introduction

Lanea is an tribal leader from a prominent family on Ynys Mon with a longstanding enmity for imperial power and a loud voice.

Except when Lanea is a musician in a Hallstatt era court with a loom, a longstanding enmity for imperial power, and a loud voice.

Except when Llynea is a 6th C. Brythonic poet and musician with a longstanding enmity for Saxon power and a loud voice.

Except when Linnea is a Finno-Ugric musician with a longstanding enmity for Swedish power and a loud voice.

Except when a strangely familiar woman of the Iazyges named Amynomene is discussing mounted archery and flanking tactics while demonstrating her longstanding enmity for imperial powers.

Persona

Lanea was born in Ciarraighe in Connacht, the westernmost province of Ireland. Her people gained wealth as gold merchants and jewelers, which brought them to prominence and allowed them to indulge in eccentricities that were otherwise uncommon in remote Eire. Her mother, Máire, is a woman of renowned intelligence and wit who particularly loved listening to stories around the hearth as a child, learning as much as she could from travelers and traders who visited the village her family led. In time, Máire became a midwife, and then a mother herself. Her mate was killed in a trade dispute with a neighboring tribe, and Máire relied on her work as a midwife and her share of the family fortune to support her children. Lanea is the second child of four and the one most interested in travel.

Lanea currently lives on Ynys Mon, a small island off the the Northwest coast of Wales.

Offices & Positions

• King's Bard (1/12/2019 - 1/18/2020)

Projects & Publications

Heraldry

Vert, on a pall between three crosses of Saint Brigid Or an eagle sable.

Awards and Achievements

Awards

• Companion of the Coral Branch, Atantia (10/4/2014)
• Court Baroness, Meridies, bestowed by Barthelemey of Illyria and Oda Austrasia (3/14/2017)
• Companion of the Pearl, Atlantia (3/16/2017)
• Companion of the Laurel, Atlantia (3/13/ 2019)
• Companion of the Order of the Lark (Atlantia) (Highland Foorde) (6/1/2019)

Achievements

Lanea inghean Uí Chiaragáin OP

Classes Taught

Class packets and descriptions available at Crazylanea.com

Fundamentals of Bardic Performance: Atlantia University, Caer Mear (Mineral, VA): February 2, 2019

The Academic Bard: Atlantia University, Caer Mear (Mineral, VA): February 2, 2019

Early Period Bardic Solar: Gulf Wars, Early Period Life (Lumberton, MS): March 2018

Hats of the Ancient World: Gulf Wars, Early Period Life (Lumberton, MS): March 2018

Early Period Embroidery: Atlantia University, Caer Mear: September 2017

Choosing modern commercial fabric for early period costuming: Atlantia University, Dun Caraig: September 2016

Construction and embellishment techniques for Early Period Garb: Gulf Wars, Early Period Life (Lumberton, MS): March 2018

How to Plan and Run a Period Encampment: Gulf Wars, Early Period Life (Lumberton, MS): March 2015

Making and using early period sewing and fiber arts kits: Gulf Wars, Early Period Life (Lumberton, MS): 2016

Households and Affiliations

In Case of Court