Gallavally

Canton of Gallavally
Per chevron gules and argent, two martlets respectant and a tower, all within a laurel wreath counterchanged
Information
Founded: incipient in 2/1986; became a Canton on 5/21/1988 Modern Location: area around Hemet and San Jacinto; Banning/Beaumont; Temecula, Menifee, and Murrietta; Wildomar and Lake Elsinore, California

Overview

• A canton of Dreiburgen; This branch-name was registered in August of 1989 (via Caid).

Meaning: "Foreigner Valley" in Irish; many “snowbirds” visit in winter.

Newsletter: Gallavally Traveler (original)

Patron Saint: Saint Corrigan the Lost

Song: Is This The Way to Gallavally?

Badge: registered in January of 1996 (via Caid): Per bend gules and argent, a martlet and a tower counterchanged.

Return of Gallavally

After several years of going dark, Gallavally has returned: On July 13, A.S. LIX, Their Royal Majesties Tryggr and Mercedes announced the official revival of the Canton of Gallavally. This great accomplishment is due to the diligence of Melissa of Gallavally, THL Brennos ap Doolin, and Lord Chartain Trevino.

Current Officers and Their Deputies

• Seneschal: Melissa of Gallavally

• Herald:

• Arts & Sciences Officer: Chartain Trevino

• Exchequer: Brennos ap Doolin

• Marshall:

• Webwrights:

Annual Events

• Gallavally Anniversary
• Festival of St. Corrigan

Gallery

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  Gallavally Dragon at Gallavally Anniversary 03/22/1997

Memories of the Founding Groups

• Around Spring of 1982 in Hemet, California a man who went by the name of Jevelyan, excitedly told his friends that he had finally found a local contact number for the Society for Creative Anachronism. He had briefly been a member at the place he lived before he came to Hemet. Because there was so many of them the Barony sent a team of people to Hemet the following week to talk to the newcomers. The teachers at that first meeting were Master Aldred von Lechsend aus Froschheim, Countess Ascelyn Schirleah, Eadwynne of Runedun, Master Wilihelm Roderick FitzLovel of Kerr and Lord Duncan Brock of Greyfeather. Among the newcomers were Lochlan (Jevelyan), Damales Redbeard, Yvon Bater of Darkwood, Paganus Grimlove, Thomas Bordeaux, Allaine de Beaumont of Glastonbury, Ciaran Faol Ruadh (who now goes by Magukhai Isige), Conall Eoin MacTavish, Eldwin Nightowl, Steffan the Scrivener, Brian and Kim Rents, John Lower and others lost to memory. Several years later (in the) Hemet newspaper, there was a photo of Lord Bhaltar de Fairmont fighting Lord Duncan Brock at a local grade schools demo. The caption read “call this number for information on the Hemet chapter of the SCA. The phone number was called and introductions were made. Local meetings were moved to the home of Lord Bhaltar de Fairmont and Lady Illuminada Eugenia de Guadalupe y Godoy who had recently move to Hemet from the West. The new group was much more active than the previous group. The first event put on was a Vikings vs. Romans Games in held 1986 at Valley Wide Recreation Center. Eventually they chose the name Gallavally and became Dreiburgen’s first incipient Canton. The name means, “Summer pastures of the foreigners,” which reflected Hemet reputation of being the winter home of many senior citizens who lived somewhere else during the rest of the year. Lady Illuminada was Gallavally’s first Seneschal. By 1988 Gallavally was very active and wanted more autonomy. When they were granted full Canton status Lord Bhaltar was the Seneschal. Some of the other people who worked hard to help make Gallavally a force in the Barony were Ceinwen ferch Rhys ap Gawain, Dante Lizza, Virginia le Swann, Casia Thessalonica apo Constantinopolios, the Tinker family, the Adderholt family, Joey Henderson, Michelle Kinney, Christopher Bage and others lost to memory. ~ by Baroness Allaine de Beaumont of Glastonbury (condensed with permission by Eadwynne of Runedun)
  • A note that C.B. mentioned in the end is, in the SCA, Alexander Drake. Also I would add Brianna Sparrowhawk to the list of original Gallavallites. I plan to add some of my own memories later. Eldwin Nightowl (talk) 09:52, 1 November 2024 (PDT)
• I was told about the SCA a while before I joined. A fellow student who described it would do things like crawl on the floor and suck on people's toes. That's without asking permission. That person described themself as one of the SCA's more normal members. Allegedly, many members wanted to literally go back to living a medieval life and hoped to destroy modern civilization. You might understand why that did not fill me with great enthusiasm for the SCA.
• But later several members of an outside-of-the-box college club called the Ĕk-sĕn-trĭks Cluborguild began to migrate to the SCA. Partially inspired by someone who had left the area, they formed a group called House Grimlove. (They also formed the Order of the Pineapple, which has been recognized by several SCAer and several famous people.) House Grimlove became quite active--and had no plans to quit the 20th century. (I learned SCA people like pretending to be medieval, but generally didn't want to live that way.) The household later became the foundation for Gallavally. Eldwin Nightowl (talk) 09:25, 14 April 2025 (PDT)

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Territories

Caidan Baronies: Altavia, Angels, Calafia, Dreiburgen, Dun Or, Gyldenholt, Lyondemere, Naevehjem, Nordwache, Starkhafn, Western Seas, Wintermist Caidan Shires: Al-Sahid, Carreg Wen, Darach, Isles Caidan Cantons: Bard's Keep, Canyons, Castle North, Cragdon, Gallavally, Mons Draconis, Peridot Isle, Poll na Gainmhe, Steinsee, Summergate, Tanwayour, Torvald, Valley Azure Caidan Colleges: Boethius, Fenwood Knoll, Noe, Saint Artemas, Saint Firmin, San Ambrogio, San Isidore, Tour d'Yvoire, Voyagers Other Information: Former Territories, Kingdoms, Known World