So it looks like the sword is in fact mightier than the pen.

The International Medieval Combat Federation (IMCF) World Championship took place in Perth, Scotland a couple of weeks back and Lara Serviolle came out on top in the female Longsword competition. 

Lara is originally from France but has been living in Sligo for the past 5 years. On this morning's show she chatted to Dermot and Dave about the event and how in the name of Lancelot she got into this in the first place. 

Over 500 fighters from 31 countries competed in the 4 day event where swords, shields, axes and maces are all used in a fight to the death (well there's no actual dying). 

Here's Lara 'Sparky' Serviolle doing her thang...

LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE!! Lara "Sparky" Serviolle wins gold in women's longsword for #Ireland for the second year in a row! #FightLikeAGirl @IMCFederation @SconePalace pic.twitter.com/LTPTl6rVru

— Armoured Combat (@Armoured_Combat) May 11, 2018

This is the first time I can use "slay sister, slay" literally.

If you think you'd like to let off some steam and live like a real Game of Thrones character, then this could be for you. Check out Medieval Armoured Combat Ireland's Facebook page here.

You can listen to the chat in full by pressing the play in the image above the headline at the top of the page.