“The Cromwell Cruise Lines.”
Ha. I suspect that my Irish line headed for the colonies once Cromwell seized their estates. Not sure when they came over but I can find my obscure Irish family name on the Delmarva peninsula in the 1740s. Then after the Revolution down in North Carolina and other parts South. Delmarva was a hotbed of Tories during the Revolution so patriot families that objected to having their houses burned down tended to leave town.
Mine were thrown off in the Philly ports after traveling in the luxurious sub-decks as “rebels, criminals and traitors”.
Meh.
Almost instantly, they took off down the Appalachian spine and wound up in southwestern PA, where many can still be found, “Mc” intact.
Apparently my branch dropped the Mc and Catholicism in the 1700s.
My gramma would drag me to ancient, decrepit Catholic cemeteries to lay flowers at the foot of the rocks that passed for tombstones.
She knew who and where each rock was.