Morgan Morcheartaigh

It is my sad duty to report that Baroness Morgan Morcheartaigh (mundanely known as Marilyn Morey) passed from this world at approx. 930 PM Wednesday evening. She was my SCA sister for close to 30 years and I for one will miss her greatly. Whatever else you may say about her, she loved Trimaris dearly. Holly known in the SCA as Lady Meghan Morcheartaigh and now the last of that name living in Trimaris

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By Morgan Morcheartaigh

©November 7, 1991

‘Tis better to light one candle,

Than curse the darkest day;

And better to lend a guiding hand,

Than send someone away.

‘Tis better to mend broken fences,

Than leave them where they lie;

And better to love and lose,

Than never make the try.

‘Tis better to hold your temper,

Than rant or rave or curse;

And better to be thought a fool,

To leave no doubt is worse.

‘Tis better to give than to receive,

To never be thought unkind;

And better to be friend to few

And treasure the ties that bind.

‘Tis better a man stand alone,

Than spread himself too thin;

And better to lose and honorable fight,

Than disgrace oneself to win.

‘Tis better to thine own self be true,

Than mire one’s name in shame;

And better to face a painful truth,

Than find in others all blame.

‘Tis better words fall on deafened ears,

Than ne’er be said at all;

And better to accept your fate,

Than to ignore Destiny’s call.

‘Tis better a fuller life to lead

And face what trouble befalls;

And better your heart feels pain,

Than be locked behind stone walls.

This poem was written by (at the time) Lady Morgan Alanna Morcheartaigh. She would be granted a court barony almost a year later and would spend the rest of the time she was in Trimaris serving the kingdom as a whole. She had several close friends, and always did her best to help all those who needed it. I was first introduced to her in 1992, and at the time I introduced myself as “Fernando Rodriguez Armandinez Delgado. Or you can call me Frad.” The shortened name was due to what several other people had started to call me. Well, she misunderstood the last part and thought I said “Fred.” This rapidly became the name I would be known as in almost every facet of my life, right up until her death. But it was under than name that Baroness Morgan would help me help others, as well as inspire many people toward fulfilling their dreams in the SCA. She lived by the sentiment of this poem, and when I saw this page, I knew this needed to be her legacy. I know the world was brighter for having Baroness Morgan in it.

Also, for those who don’t know, she always displayed her arms with the mermaid having red hair, not blonde.

Señor Fernando Rodriguez de Avilles y León, AOST, AOA, OTK, OLHT