Meadhbh Ballach ingen Eochada
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Persona
Meadhbh is an Irish speaker from Connaught.
Ballach is a descriptive byname meaning “freckled.”
Full name: Meadhbh Ballach ingen Eochada
Roles and Activities
She is currently the seneschal of the canton of Tree-Girt-Sea. She is the Ayreton baronial signet, and deputy submissions herald for the Midrealm. She was event co-steward for Fall RUM 2025 hosted in Ayreton, and is event steward for Ayreton 12th night 2026.
Meadhbh hosts a sewing circle approximately monthly on Sunday afternoons for Tree-Girt-Sea. She is an aspiring archer, a scribe, and active in A&S activities.
She is an active scribe for the Barony of Ayreton and the Kingdom, focusing on illumination.
She is a protege of Hillary of Langforde and an apprentice of Oswyn of Baðon.
Meadhbh served as the largess coordinator for Their Majesties, Kilian Fendrich and Jalida al-Hasanah.
Arts and Sciences
She entered research about women's coats from 6th century Kent into the Tournament of Arts and Midlands Arts and Sciences for AS 59. She entered a display of a Kentish woman's grave into the Queen's Prize Tourney at Val Day.
Her current research is an expansion of that work to explore the entire range of female grave goods including clothing for 6th century Kent.
Classes: Steal Her Look: Dressing a 6th century Kentish woman Spinning Social Scribally Curious? A Hands-on Beginner Worksho
Awards
Award of Arms, Fall Coronation AS 59 (9/28/24)
Award of the Cellerer of Ayreton – Given for acts of hospitality on behalf of and within the Barony. (12/15/24)
Court Baroness, Spring Coronation AS 60 (5/3/2025)
Silver Oak, Baroness Wars (9/13/25) for Kentish costume research.
Scroll Preferences
She prefers for scrolls to be in English unless properly translated into Irish. No faux hands please. She loves illuminated manuscript marginalia and weird little guys.
Favorite color is green.
Tentative Events for 2026
Festival of Maidens, January 17, 2026
Ayreton 12th Night, January 25, 2026
Wacky Garb Ball (Northshield), January 31, 2026
Val Day, February 14, 2025
Gulf Wars, March
Better War Through Archery (tentative)
Awakenings
Interests
Fiber arts: knitting, spinning, weaving, dyeing, sewing, embroidery
Irish language
Archery
Gardening and cooking
Birdwatching
Allergy notes
Cannot eat gluten
Scribal Gallery
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Purple Fret for Jadwiga Kochanawa, calligraphy by Kateryn Styllyngflete, illumination by Meadhbh Ballach ingen Eochada. Given at Better War Through Archery, A.S. LVIII. -
Award of the Quoin given to Khadrin the Red. Baronialwhey Award for Carraig Ban. Calligraphy by Kateryn Styllyngflete, illumination by Meadhbh Ballach ingen Eochada. Given at Ragnarok Rampage A.S. LIX. -
Award of Arms for Alexandra of Ayreton, calligraphy by Kateryn Styllyngflete, illumination by Meadhbh Ballach ingen Eochada. Given at Baroness Wars, A.S. LIX. -
Award of Arms for Erchanwald of Rivenstar, calligraphy by Kateryn Styllyngflete, illumination by Meadhbh Ballach ingen Eochada. Given at Fall Coronation, A.S. LIX. -
Royal Vanguard for Tryggr Gillason, calligraphy by Kateryn Styllyngflete, illumination by Meadhbh Ballach ingen Eochada. Given at Fall Coronation, A.S. LIX. -
Atlas of Ayreton for Elaine Ladd and Xavier de Navarre, Baronial award for Ayreton. Calligraphy by Kateryn Styllyngflete, illumination by Meadhbh Ballach ingen Eochada, text by Hillary of Langforde. Given at All Souls... Here We Go Again!, A.S. LIX. 
Pleiades for Kateryn Styllyngflete Baronial award for Ayreton. Calligraphy by Amber Stormwatch. illumination by Meadhbh Ballach ingen Eochada. Given at December Baronial Court, A.S. LIX. -
Cavendish Knot for Vork of Black Moon Forest, calligraphy by Kateryn Styllyngflete, illumination by Meadhbh Ballach ingen Eochada. Given at Festival of Maidens, A.S. LIX. -
Award of Arms for Ivar Gregorson, calligraphy by Kateryn Styllyngflete, illumination by Meadhbh Ballach ingen Eochada. Given at Courting on the River, A.S. LIX. -
Doe's Grace for Aethelwulf of Dover, calligraphy by Kateryn Styllyngflete, illumination by Meadhbh Ballach ingen Eochada, text by Hillary of Langforde and translation by Nereugei Keshigten of An Tir. Read into court at Artisan's Day, given at Rose Tournament, A.S. LIX. -
Grove for Viento Antiguo, calligraphy by Kateryn Styllyngflete, illumination by Meadhbh Ballach ingen Eochada. Given at Awakenings, A.S. LIX. -
Leo of Ayreton for Astra Korinthia, calligraphy by Kateryn Styllyngflete, illumination by Meadhbh Ballach ingen Eochada, text by Hillary of Langforde. Given on April 5th, A.S. LIX. -
Purple Fret for Annora Bromley, calligraphy by Kateryn Styllyngflete, illumination by Meadhbh Ballach ingen Eochada. Given at Better War Through Archery, A.S. LIX. -
Royal Augmentation of Arms for Kyneburga Rimcræftiga, calligraphy by Kateryn Styllyngflete, illumination by Meadhbh Ballach ingen Eochada, text by Hillary of Langforde. Given at Spring Coronation, A.S. LX. -
Royal Vanguard for Adaira Kerr, calligraphy by Kateryn Styllyngflete, illumination by Meadhbh Ballach ingen Eochada. Given at Spring Coronation, A.S. LX. -
Award of the Pail for Heather Gray, calligraphy and text by Kateryn Styllyngflete, illumination by Meadhbh Ballach ingen Eochada. Given at Ragnarok Rampage, A.S. LX. -
Bronze Ring for Anika Reyes, calligraphy by Kateryn Styllyngflete, illumination by Meadhbh Ballach ingen Eochada. Given at Ragnarok Rampage, A.S. LX. -
Ursus of Ayreton for Andreas Blacwode, text by Hillary of Langforde, calligraphy and illumination by Meadhbh Ballach ingen Eochada. Given at Pennsic LII, A.S. LX. -
Order of the Mark for Aethelwulf of Dover, text by Hillary of Langforde, calligraphy by Kateryn Styllyngflete, illumination by Meadhbh Ballach ingen Eochada and Hillary of Langforde. Given at Baroness Wars, A.S. LX.
