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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 06:35 PM Original message |
So what part of Ireland is your family from or are you a wannabe Irish |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. My father's side... |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 06:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. ahh I see |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 06:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. If I ever change my name.... |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 06:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Damn anti Irish folk |
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mohinoaklawnillinois (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. My husband was born and raised in Co. Down, |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. Mayo.... |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'm not exactly sure but... |
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Longgrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm Irish through my grandmother... |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. The Conways probably came from Sligo or Mayo |
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Donkeyboy75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 05:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Kenmare is nice, too. |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. Researching that now. |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
11. I married a woman of Irish heritage |
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two gun sid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
12. My father's family came here from Limerick |
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DeposeTheBoyKing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 12:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. The Hagans (O'Hagans) come from County Tyrone in N. Ireland |
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mohinoaklawnillinois (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 02:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. That might be, but there are plenty of us in Co. Down. n/t |
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mrgorth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-05 11:25 AM Response to Reply #14 |
33. Up Tyrone! |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
13. Belfast |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
15. My great-great grandfather... |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
16. Great-grandmother Mary was born in County Down, |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 01:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I dunno what has more value |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 06:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. How about a Scots-Irish Catholic, as I may be? |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 06:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. well you converted |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 06:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I should have said the family names are Canfield & McClean, |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
18. My Mothers Side... |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
20. Limerick and Mayo |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 07:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. My brother-in-law's grandparents came from Abbeyfeale.... |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
25. My father's people come from County Cavan… |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
27. My mothers side was Dublin, more specifically......... |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. Two Irish-born grandmothers. One from Dublin, the other from Belfast. |
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Pooka Fey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-05 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
29. Scottish Borderlands. Can I play? |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-25-05 09:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Well, at least part of Scotland was settled by the Irish |
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Pooka Fey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-05 03:10 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Hee Hee Hee. |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-05 10:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. The word 'Scot' means 'raider from Ireland' after all. |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-26-05 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
32. Maternal grandparents both Irish-born. |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-05 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
34. my mothers family....has been here since about 1825 & post Civil War |
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Donailin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-03-05 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
35. Donegal |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
36. Descended from Wheelers in Clare on my mother's side. |
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Mr. McD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
37. Arklow, County Wicklow came to America in 1691. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-05 09:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. my grandfather on my mom's side was from Cork |
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Padraig18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
39. Athlone, Co. Westmeath. |
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Kire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-05 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
40. I'm at least a 10th generation Irish-American. |
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Lefty48197 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-05 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
41. Sligo and Limerick |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-05 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
43. Galway and Belfast n/t |
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Merope215 (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-05 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
44. Belfast and Galway |
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Stop_the_War (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-05 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
45. Not sure what part of Ireland but I am not a wannabe Irish lol |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-05 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
46. Sligo, Mayo and Dublin |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-05 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
47. Galway...Spiddal and Inverin and Carna |
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catchnrelease (359 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-05 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
48. Wish I could say...... |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-05 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
49. Ballaghadereen, County Roscommon . . . |
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obreaslan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
50. I'm an Ulster Man here.... |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-05 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
51. its a long long way to Tipperary .... |
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