Zone1 do you have Irish ancestors?

[Zebra]

ALL my ancestors are.

Erin is a grand land all year round!

 

[Moonglow]

Sure, I do, the Irish would **** anyone...

 

[Moonglow]

Erin is a grand land all year round!

Not in the winter.

 

[BothWings]

I'm around 6% Irish according to Ancestry.com.

 

[Moonglow]

My grandfather's name was Ireland Hawkins. The family landed in Hawkins County, Tennessee, around 1850.

 

[Moonglow]

I assume I have the usual random assortment of European ancestors. Far enough back they're all from Africa.

Looking in yer woodpile?

 

[Zebra]

I'm around 6% Irish according to Ancestry.com.

my part of Germany was converted to Christianity by Irish monks

 

[Zebra]

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I might have just a smidge of Irish blood, but I have my favorite Irish story.

My 100% Japanese, American born husband sang a beautiful rendition of "Danny Boy", often for an Irish funeral. There was a private joke among his friends about his honorary Irish-ness.

He and I were on a day trip to LaConner WA and stopped at the edge of town, at an antique store. I was a lover of Irish Belleek porcelain at the time and saw a cream & sugar set that I liked, but found too expensive at $125.

We continued into town, to the LaConner Tavern for one of their famous burgers, and decided as we sat at the bar and ate, to play some pull-tabs. The bartender asked which game I wanted to play and there was one called "Luck O' The Irish", so I picked that one, explaining that my husband was Irish, which made her jaw drop a little.

I played it an won $100, and of course I went back to the antique store to buy the Belleek.

I have since sold off my Belleek, lost my husband three years ago, but Erin Go Bragh, everyone!

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Erin Go Bragh, again!

 

[BothWings]

my part of Germany was converted to Christianity by Irish monks

Irish monks really got around in history. When the Vikings first landed in Iceland, they discovered Irish monks already living there. I think it's arguable that Irish monks, possibly even pre-Christian druids maybe,made it to the Americas long before Columbus and possibly even before Leif Erikson. There are ancient stone megaliths around the Hudson Valley where I grew up, some of which were discovered by the earliest white (Dutch) settlers around 400 years ago. They are believed to be of European influence, not Native American. However, Native Americans and such early European visitors appear to have shared knowledge of magnetic earth lines (Ley lines) and congregated in the same proximities for reasons related to that.

Even the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl was purported to have arrived in a ship, and he and his crew were said to have red beards! That sounds possibly Irish. I have a reddish beard myself though, and am nearly half German. It's not uncommon among Germanic people as well.

The original Celts who eventually populated Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and northern Spain among other places, supposedly moved into Europe along the Danube from an area near the Black Sea, and we're originally a somewhat darker people. Perhaps refugees from convalescing Persia(?). As they spread across Europe (and you probably already know this, Zebra) Celts gradually splintered and colonized throughout the continent, including Germany.

So anyway, the Irish/Celtic influence in many places goes WAY back before Christianity. it seems likely that when the Irish monks spread Christianity to Germany, they may have already had a knowledge of it from an even earlier age, which probably helped them convert the people there.

 

[Zebra]

Irish monks really got around in history. When the Vikings first landed in Iceland, they discovered Irish monks already living there. I think it's arguable that Irish monks, possibly even pre-Christian druids maybe,made it to the Americas long before Columbus and possibly even before Leif Erikson. There are ancient stone megaliths around the Hudson Valley where I grew up, some of which were discovered by the earliest white (Dutch) settlers around 400 years ago. They are believed to be of European influence, not Native American. However, Native Americans and such early European visitors appear to have shared knowledge of magnetic earth lines (Ley lines) and congregated in the same proximities for reasons related to that.

Even the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl was purported to have arrived in a ship, and he and his crew were said to have red beards! That sounds possibly Irish. I have a reddish beard myself though, and am nearly half German. It's not uncommon among Germanic people as well.

The original Celts who eventually populated Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and northern Spain among other places, supposedly moved into Europe along the Danube from an area near the Black Sea, and we're originally a somewhat darker people. Perhaps refugees from convalescing Persia(?). As they spread across Europe (and you probably already know this, Zebra) Celts gradually splintered and colonized throughout the continent, including Germany.

So anyway, the Irish/Celtic influence in many places goes WAY back before Christianity. it seems likely that when the Irish monks spread Christianity to Germany, they may have already had a knowledge of it from an even earlier age, which probably helped them convert the people there.

so the Irish may have conquered Germany

and discovered America!

 

[BothWings]

so the Irish may have conquered Germany

In manner of speaking I suppose. People willing to travel to other lands and assimilate have a certain prerogative. The Irish, Vikings, Jews and some other peoples are some great examples. For instance, supposedly the Norse explorers who mingled with Native Americans profoundly influenced their language. Not only did I read an entire book on that subject, I also once worked with a Native American guy who claimed that was true.

 

[Zebra]

In manner of speaking I suppose. People willing to travel to other lands and assimilate have a certain prerogative. The Irish, Vikings, Jews and some other peoples are some great examples. For instance, supposedly the Norse explorers who mingled with Native Americans profoundly influenced their language. Not only did I read an entire book on that subject, I also once worked with a Native American guy who claimed that was true.

Ireland has a great past!

 

[Zebra]

17 say yes