Bard oral history committed to memory and transmitted by bards and filid. Bards facilitated the memorisation of such materials by the use of metre, rhyme and other formulaic poetic devices. One of the most notable bards in Irish Mythological was Amergin Glúingel, he was bard, druid and judge for the Milesians. In medieval Ireland, bards were one of two distinct groups of poets, the other being the "fili". According to the Early Irish law text on status, "Uraicecht Becc", bards were a lesser class of poets, not eligible for higher poetic roles as described above. However, it has also been argued
Bard the Bowman the 1968 BBC Radio adaptation, Bard was voiced by Peter Williams. Bard is one of the cards in Iron Crown Enterprises's 1995 Middle-earth Collectible Card Game, which is illustrated by Angelo Montanini. In Inevitable Entertainment's 2003 "Hobbit" video game, André Sogliuzzo plays Bard. He also played the part of Ugslap. In Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment's 2014 "Lego The Hobbit", Luke Evans reprises his role from the live-action film series. According to John D. Rateliff, Bard could have been inspired by Wiglaf from Anglo-Saxon poem "Beowulf", which inspired Tolkien with many elements in the final chapters of "The Hobbit". Like Bard,