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To: SunkenCiv
The armada soldiers who managed to swim to shore after their ships foundered were for the most part killed by the locals. But y’know, they were part of an invasion force and it was centuries before the Geneva Convention.

An Iberiophile friend tells me they were accepted ashore, and eventually left an enduring "genetic present" of dark hair and eyes. (Dark Irish).

18 posted on 06/18/2015 9:39:23 AM PDT by Does so (SCOTUS Newbies Will Imperil America...)
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To: Does so

They were just going to stop and have one beer but no one can stop at just one beer.


19 posted on 06/18/2015 12:54:21 PM PDT by infool7 (The ugly truth is just a big lie.)
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To: Does so

They were too few to make a lasting genetic imprint. The Dark Irish were the pure blooded Gaels, who moved to Ireland from the Spain and France area.


20 posted on 06/19/2015 7:24:32 PM PDT by Jacob Kell (The last good thing that the UN did was Korea.)
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