Tom Thank you very much. There has been much about pikes on the list lately and I was not sure what they were. Dee In a message dated 1/28/2010 9:25:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, tlaporte@mts.net writes: I just found some good illustrations of pikes on the website of the 1798 Rebellion museum web site http://www.iol.ie/~98com/weaponry.htm Tom ======================================= Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must subscribe to the List. Its FREE! --------------------------------------- To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message