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Sogailraugh is a 2006 creation of Oscar Rios, and appears in his Dark Ages scenario "[[A Ring of Toadstools]]", where it can optionally be used as the foundation for a longer campaign.

==Sogailraugh in Cthulhu: Dark Ages==

Sogailraugh (the name perhaps translates roughly as "Grey Stone Hill"?) is a fictional Dark-Ages town in mid-western Ireland, in the province of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connacht Connacht], in the kingdom (tuath) of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U%C3%AD_Bri%C3%BAin Ui Briuin Ai], loosely 100 miles (160km) west of Norse-held city of Dublin.

Sogailraugh is home to about a hundred people (about one third each men, women, and children): a dozen landed families, a few landless renting families, a modest Catholic church, the manor of the local lord (ri tuath) Diarmuid. Eight families have large, prosperous farms (chiefly a variety of crops like wheat, barley, and turnips, as well as livestock like sheep, pigs, and cattle), the rest are craftsmen dwelling in a small central village area.

The village is said by locals to be near a "thin spot" between the moral world and the fairy world of [[Tir na Nog]] (The Land of Eternal Youth), and disappearances, strange sounds in the hill, and other disturbances in the area are often blamed on the fairies. A community bonfire is kept lit to protect the town at night.

Day-to-day life in Dark Ages Sogailraugh is largely that of a small but prosperous rural hill community with a local barter economy. The primary language is Gaelic, but about a third of the villagers also speak English, and a few villagers may speak other languages (Norse, Latin, etc.) as well. Village meetings are held in the local lord's hall, and Sunday morning will find virtually all the members of the community in the local church. The church is large and spacious, and its clergy are generally kind, well-educated, and tolerant of the more harmless local traditions (such as fortune-telling, festivals and ceremonies, etc.), as long as they don't strongly challenge the Church. The lord's manor is a fortified structure with defensive towers and walls, which can serve as a shelter if the town should ever come under attack.

==Links==
* [http://home.kpn.nl/gesbe000/cda/download/sogailraugh.pdf Sogailraugh: An Original Cthulhu Dark Ages Setting, by Oscar Rios]
* [http://www.chaosium.com/halloween-horror-2/ "Halloween Horror 2" Monograph, contains "A Ring of Toadstools" scenario set in the Village of Sogailraugh]

==Map Key==

Key to the map found in the scenario "A Ring of Toadstools", circa A.D. 960:

# Farm: o'Baoil (Boyle), cattle
# Farm: o'Dufaigh (Duffy)
# Farm: Mag Aoidh (Magee)
# Farm: o'Griofa (Griffin)
# Farm: o'Mordha (Moore)
# Farm: o'Conghaile (Connolly)
# Farm: Mag Uidhir (Maguire)
# Farm: Caomhanach (Kavanagh)
# Cottage: Old Murtagh, Trapper and Hunter
# Cottage: Outcasts' Shack, Shiftless Ne'er-Do-Wells
# Cottage: o'Cionga (King), Charcoal Burner
# Cottage: Mamma Ryanne, Midwife/Healer/Fortune-Teller
# Shop: o'Cuilinn (Cullen), Tanner
# Shop: Meagher (Maher), Bakery
# Shop: de Barra (Barry), Blacksmith
# Shop: o'Coileain (Collins), Pottery & Weavers
# Church: Father Ennis
# Manor Fort: Lord Diarmuid

* Rumors of strange disturbances center around the "Haunted Forest" and the "Fairy Ring" (an eerie circle of ancient oaks and giant toadstools) and mysterious ruined tower said to be found somewhere deep within the forest.
* The Townsfolk keep a bonfire burning on High Hill as protection against whatever lives in the forest, and the bonfire plays an important ceremonial role in the village.

==References==

* "Sogailraugh: An Original Cthulhu Dark Ages Setting", by Oscar Rios, Copyright © 2006 Oscar Rios

[[Category:CoC:Towns]]

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 Sogailraugh is home to about a hundred people (about one third each men, women, and children): a dozen landed families, a few landless renting families, a modest Catholic church, the manor of the local lord  (ri tuath) Diarmuid. Eight families have large, prosperous farms (chiefly a variety of crops like wheat, barley, and turnips, as well as livestock like sheep, pigs, and cattle), the rest are craftsmen dwelling in a small central village area.
-The village is said by locals to be near a "thin spot" between the moral world and the fairy world of [[Tir na Nog]] (The Land of Eternal Youth), and disappearances, strange sounds in the hill, and other disturbances in the area are often blamed on the fairies.  A community bonfire is kept lit to protect the town at night.
+The village is said by locals to be near a "thin spot" between the mortal world and the fairy world of [[Dreamlands|Tir na Nog]] (The Land of Eternal Youth), and disappearances, strange sounds in the hill, and other disturbances in the area are often blamed on the fairies.  A community bonfire is kept lit to protect the town at night.
 Day-to-day life in Dark Ages Sogailraugh is largely that of a small but prosperous rural hill community with a local barter economy.  The primary language is Gaelic, but about a third of the villagers also speak English, and a few villagers may speak other languages (Norse, Latin, etc.) as well.  Village meetings are held in the local lord's hall, and Sunday morning will find virtually all the members of the community in the local church.  The church is large and spacious, and its clergy are generally kind, well-educated, and tolerant of the more harmless local traditions (such as fortune-telling, festivals and ceremonies, etc.), as long as they don't strongly challenge the Church.  The lord's manor is a fortified structure with defensive towers and walls, which can serve as a shelter if the town should ever come under attack.

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 ==Sogailraugh in Cthulhu: Dark Ages==
-Sogailraugh (the name perhaps translates roughly as "Grey Stone Hill"?) is a fictional Dark-Ages town in mid-western Ireland, in the province of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connacht Connacht], in the kingdom (tuath) of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U%C3%AD_Bri%C3%BAin Ui Briuin Ai], loosely 100 miles (160km) west of Norse-held city of Dublin.
+Sogailraugh (the name perhaps translates roughly as "Grey Stone Hill"?) is a fictional Dark-Ages town in mid-western Ireland, in the province of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connacht Connacht], in the kingdom (tuath) of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U%C3%AD_Bri%C3%BAin Ui Briuin Ai], loosely 100 miles (160km) west of Dublin.
 Sogailraugh is home to about a hundred people (about one third each men, women, and children): a dozen landed families, a few landless renting families, a modest Catholic church, the manor of the local lord  (ri tuath) Diarmuid. Eight families have large, prosperous farms (chiefly a variety of crops like wheat, barley, and turnips, as well as livestock like sheep, pigs, and cattle), the rest are craftsmen dwelling in a small central village area.
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 ==Links==
 * [http://www.chaosium.com/halloween-horror-2/ "Halloween Horror 2" Monograph, contains "A Ring of Toadstools" scenario set in the Village of Sogailraugh]
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 Key to the map found in the scenario "A Ring of Toadstools", circa A.D. 960:
-# Farm
+# Farm: o'Baoil (Boyle), cattle
-# Farm
+# Farm: o'Dufaigh (Duffy)
-# Farm
+# Farm: Mag Aoidh (Magee)
-# Farm
+# Farm: o'Griofa (Griffin)
-# Farm
+# Farm: o'Mordha (Moore)
-# Farm
+# Farm: o'Conghaile (Connolly)
-# Farm
+# Farm: Mag Uidhir (Maguire)
-# Farm
+# Farm: Caomhanach (Kavanagh)
-# Cottage, Trapper and Hunter
+# Cottage:  Old Murtagh, Trapper and Hunter
-# Shack
+# Cottage:  Outcasts' Shack, Shiftless Ne'er-Do-Wells
-# Cottage, Charcoal Burner
+# Cottage:  o'Cionga (King), Charcoal Burner
-# Cottage, Midwife/Healer/Fortune-Teller
+# Cottage:  Mamma Ryanne, Midwife/Healer/Fortune-Teller
-# Shop, Tanner
+# Shop:  o'Cuilinn (Cullen), Tanner
-# Shop, Bakery
+# Shop:  Meagher (Maher), Bakery
-# Shop, Blacksmith
+# Shop:  de Barra (Barry), Blacksmith
-# Shop, Pottery & Weavers
+# Shop:  o'Coileain (Collins), Pottery & Weavers
-# Church
+# Church:  Father Ennis
 # Manor Fort:  Lord Diarmuid
 ==References==
-* "Sogailraugh: An Original Cthulhu Dark Ages Setting", by Oscar Rios, Copyright © 2006 Oscar Rios
+* "Sogailraugh: An Original Cthulhu Dark Ages Setting", by [[Oscar Rios]], Copyright © 2006 [[Oscar Rios]]
 [[Category:CoC:Towns]]