BaO Events

Blatha an Oir has many events every year to keep you entertained. Please click on each event for more information. Each page will be updated as information becomes available:

Kingdom A&S, and Bardic Championship March 1-3, 2013 Celtic Bardic March 16-17, 2013 Daffodil Archery Shoot May 4, 2013

Or click here for a full calendar of Blatha an Oir activities.

Aspiring Autocrat? Download the Event Proposal Form here.

Additional Autocratting forms can be found here.

Reference Materials

Click here for the An Tir Forms Library

Click here for the An Tir Events Calendar

Coronet’s Progress

Statement of Ownership

This is the recognized web site for the Barony of Blatha an Oir of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. and is maintained by Milisandia verch Watkyn (m.k.a. Carrie McGinnis). This site may contain electronic versions of the group's governing documents. Any discrepancies between the electronic version of any information on this site and the printed version that is available from the originating office will be decided in favor of the printed version. For information on using photographs, articles, or artwork from this web site, please contact The Webminister. He or she will assist you in contacting the original creator of the piece. Please respect the legal rights of our contributors. Copyright © The Barony of Blatha an Oir 2012. The original contributors retain the copyright of certain portions of this site."

Their Excellencies, Baron Aleksii and Baroness Elspeth, welcome you to the Barony of Blatha an Oir.

The Barony of Blatha an Oir is the local branch (Tacoma, Pierce County, WA) of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) (a non-profit educational organization devoted to the study of pre-seventeenth century Western culture). Geographically, Blatha an Oir is bounded to the north by the Barony of Wyewood (South King County) and to the south by the Barony of Glymm Mere (Thurston and South Mason Counties). The Barony of Dragons Laire (Kitsap County) lies to the west.

Autumn War is our big event of year. The Barony also puts on Harvest Feast, Candlemas, Sergeants Trials, and Lord Defenders. Lord Defenders is the Barony’s Championship Trials for Heavy Weapons, Rapier, Archery, Thrown Weapons, and Arts and Sciences.

Our members come from many walks of life. We share an interest in the history and culture of the Middle Ages and Renaissance and pursue that interest through Experimental Archeology. This is just a fancy way of saying we attempt to duplicate the many Arts and Sciences of hundreds of years ago. We study combat techniques, arts and crafts, social structures and dress of the period. This includes Heavy weapons, rapier, archery, spinning, weaving, dyeing, tailoring, embroidery, brewing, heraldry, carpentry, joinery, carving, blacksmithing, and much more. We encourage a hands on approach to history. This study starts in the library but moves quickly to the forge, needle and tourney field. This website provides a glimpse into our world and resources for our members.

For more information, you may contact our Chatelaine, Thorwald Einharson about getting involved with our fair Barony.

Postern Gate E-mail List
The Postern Gate is the e-mail list setup for the populace of Blatha an Oir.

To subscribe to the Postern Gate go to the antir.sca.org website.
We have fixed our problem with Comcast e-mail addresses by moving the Gate to a completely different location. The Postern Gate is now hosted on the AnTir Kingdom server. The new address for posting to the Postern Gate (now known as [gate2]) is bao@antir.sca.org If you don’t receive confirmation of your subscription within 24 hours please email the Gatekeeper Requests occasionally get lost in the junk mail filter so I don’t know they are there.