Do you know where your Irish ancestors came from?

[Critters2]

Mine, Tipperary.

My Scots-Irish ancestors were from County Ulster.

My Scots ancestors from Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, and Linlithgow, Lanarkshire

[sammythecat]

1. Ballyhaunis- Grandma, Cork- Grandpa

[ogneopasno]

2. Mr. Ogneopasno's are from Westmeath. Our last name is VERY Irish and I have a Catholic first name;

everyone thinks I'm full blooded, even though I look like the Bohemian German Pole that I am.

[Lyric]

3. I have *one* Irish ancestor from County Meath.

A Great-great-grandmother who married a Welsh guy.

Most of my other ancestors were East European Slovaks, Jews, and Germans.

[redqueen]

4. County Ulster?

[Critters2]

7. Sorry, County Tyrone in Ulster. nt

[SoxFan]

37. Ulster's a province

It's made up of nine counties

Antrim
Armagh
Down
Fermangh
Derry
Tyrone
(all under British rule)

Cavan
Donegal
Monaghan
(Republic of Ireland)

[no name no slogan]

5. No Irish here-- but my Scots are from the border country

They were border reivers who were hated equally by the Scots and English alike-- often at the same time.

[Critters2]

8. Oh yeah. The reivers had a hard time of it. nt

[Starry Messenger]

6. Beara peninsula, Cork.

The Scots side are Campbells and no one can decide what branch we fell off of there.

[KatyMan]

28. The Beara Peninsula is fantastic

We drove a few years ago when we lived in Ireland. Awesome, but you have to be used to driving in Ireland before attempting it!

[Starry Messenger]

29. Sweet! I'd love to go

I've only seen pictures. I have some aunts who go every year and take a picture of the old house. The owners keep a cow in it now. :)

[SoxFan]

38. My grandfather was from Castletownbere!

Hello, neighbor!

[Starry Messenger]

45. Woah!

That's where my great-grandmother is from! Small internet world. :) Howdy back!

[Incitatus]

9. Somewhere in Ireland.

[Critters2]

11. Hey! Mine, too! nt

[redqueen]

13. Same here. (nt)

[FarLeftRage]

10. Yep...

My great-great grandfather emigrated from County Limerick.

[av8rdave]

12. Sweden

[Critters2]

15. Umm, okay

LOL

[av8rdave]

23. Well, OK, technically, they're Swedish, not exactly Irish. But it IS St Patty's Day!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

24. The Vikings did a lot of raping and plundering in the British Isles.

Just because you're Swedish doesn't mean you're not Irish.

[TheMightyFavog]

14. Cobh, County Cork

Any fecker referring to the place as Queenstown is crusin' for a bruisin'.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

16. You know Ulster represents a province in Ireland.........

and not a county, right? There are 9 counties in Ulster.

[Critters2]

18. Yeah. I corrected it.

But it'll give lots of people the opportunity to show they know more than me. So, it's all good.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

27. I'm here to help.

[Crabby Appleton]

17. The Scots branch of the family is from almost the same place

Ancrum, Roxburghshire which is very close to Jedburgh. They came over in the mid-late 1700s. The rest of the family tree is French, a few English, other side of the family is from the Ukraine. No Irish that I know of.

[Critters2]

19. My Scots ancestors came in the 1830's. nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. Donaghadee.

Yes, I know, it's Ulster -- sorry -- but it has the oldest pub in Ireland.

[Gormy Cuss]

21. County Galway.

[two gun sid]

22. Contae Luimnigh, mo chara!

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh!

[Solon]

25. On my Mom's side, County Cork, before that, they emigrated to Ireland from Normandy...

around the 11th century. My Dad's side is mostly Scots-Irish no clue exactly where for them.

[KatyMan]

26. Maternal grandfather

from Letterkenny, Co Donegal, mat. grandmother from Tyrone (but I don't remember exactly where offhand, somewhere on the border with Donegal)

[Pacifist Patriot]

30. Scottish ancesters are from Renfrewshire. Irish...

Boston

[LadyoftheRabbits]

31. Scots-Irish here

Irish ones (and Scottish, for that matter) were Jewish, and lived in Dublin. The family's name is actually mentioned in James Joyce's "Ulysses" when it says, ""There he goes into Frederick street. Perhaps to Levenston's dancing academy piano." And one of them conducted (honorary or what, I'm not sure) the Dublin Symphony at the age of 12.

:D

[Throd]

32. Southern Indiana

As far as where in Ireland, we have no clue.

[skygazer]

33. Northern Ireland actually

Kilkeel, County Down. Still, my great-great grampa was a well-respected commander of an Irish unit in the Civil War - his mostly Catholic troops didn't seem to mind that he was Presbyterian.

And my English ancestors actually had a wee bit of Irish blood from way back but I'm not sure from where because it was way back. :P

[greendog]

34. Great Grandmother -Co. Kilkaney. Great Grandfather - Co. Carlow

~

[Lost in CT]

35. Cove, Caven,Derry,Dublin.... nt

[SoxFan]

36. Yes

Cork City
Middleton, County Cork
Beara Peninsula
Roscommon

The Lennons are the only branch of the family not from County Cork.

[JohnnyLib2]

39. Dingle, County Kerry

Beautiful place!

[LibertyLover]

40. My father's parents both came from County Roscommon

Ballaghderren. My mother's mother came from Athlone in County Meath. My mother's father's people came from Ireland, although I don't know where. My dad was first generation American.

[lizerdbits]

41. Not sure where the Coyles and Hylands came from

My dad's big on genealogy so I could find out. He's gone back several hundred years to somewhere in Scotland in his search.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

42. Louth

[rurallib]

43. county cork

[DemBones DemBones]

44. County Down and Dublin.

(Why don't we have a shamrock smilie?)

[erinlough]

46. Longford, for my GGGgrandmother, Probably Co. Tyrone for GGGgrandfather

[kwassa]

47. got Scots, no Irish

as I sit here drinking a single malt and appreciating my heritage.

Fordel, Scotland, left in early 1600s. Came to the Mass Bay Colony in 1636.

[Aristus]

48. Derry and Cork.

My branch of the family is actually from Wales. Their name was Gwynne. They passed through Ireland for a couple of generations before setting sail for America, and sure enough, became "O'Gwynne." :-)

[TK421]

49. County Derry...but my aunt ( who is always looking into the history ) tells

us they were assassins ( of whom, I'm not sure but will ask ) and they actually ruled that region for a long time. Lots of my family's history is a bit skewered, though

[Currently Unemployed]

50. County Limerick

It used to be a grubby city, but has recovered nicely.

Currently Unemployed

[TK421]

51. County Limerick is currently unemployed?!!!

that is terrible!! I do hope they do something about that soon....I know we are just about in a depression here but to have everyone in a county unemployed?

Just awful

[Currently Unemployed]

53. Well, I'm not there anymore, so they are ok.

I'm workin on it over here though!

Currently Unemployed

[leftyclimber]

52. I have no Irish ancestors.

Does this make me a bad person?

:cry:

[Raven]

54. Ballinesloe.

[Iggo]

55. My Gran was from County Antrim. (n/t)