Well, I'm over 90% Irish, so I would guess that he is one of my ancestors.
1 posted on
01/19/2006 6:04:04 PM PST by
wagglebee
To: SunkenCiv
2 posted on
01/19/2006 6:04:28 PM PST by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: wagglebee
An inferior line to that of Brian Boru.
3 posted on
01/19/2006 6:07:21 PM PST by
big'ol_freeper
(Wähle nie deine Frauen und deinen Stoff bei Kerzenlicht)
To: wagglebee
Doesn't sound very Irish to me. What time did that leave to write poetry and go to the pub?
4 posted on
01/19/2006 6:11:49 PM PST by
ladyjane
To: wagglebee
Niall was high king at the time of St. Patrick's ministry in Ireland, if memory serves me.
6 posted on
01/19/2006 6:13:54 PM PST by
JimRed
("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?")
To: wagglebee
1,000 years from now, most folk'll be able to trace their ancestry back to Wilt Chamberlain.
APf
7 posted on
01/19/2006 6:14:21 PM PST by
APFel
(Loose ships sink lips.)
To: wagglebee
If he was tall, bald and has the gift to gab I'm related.
100% Irish Catholic
To: wagglebee
Granpa on mom's side was a McGrann. He considered himself "Scotch-Irish" and was most of the time.
To: wagglebee
12 posted on
01/19/2006 6:17:44 PM PST by
xcamel
(Exposing clandestine operations is treason. 13 knots make a noose.)
To: wagglebee
Wow. I guess the nine hostages were all women, eh?
14 posted on
01/19/2006 6:19:10 PM PST by
wizardoz
To: wagglebee
Kewl...my mother's maiden name and her mother's maiden name appear on that list. They were from Roscommon, County Mayo.
15 posted on
01/19/2006 6:19:23 PM PST by
PennsylvaniaMom
(My Terrible Towel is poised and ready....)
To: wagglebee
"It's good to be the king!" -- Mel Brooks.
16 posted on
01/19/2006 6:20:50 PM PST by
AZLiberty
(America is the hope of all men who believe in the principle of freedom and justice. - A. Einstein)
To: wagglebee
All the Irish all decended from Kings. I am on both sides of my family (although someone tried telling me that I wasn't Irish because my family only moved there in the 11th century -- but there was a branch there hundreds of years before that).
This was probably the only interesting thing I've read about in the New York Times in weeks.
22 posted on
01/19/2006 6:54:52 PM PST by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
To: wagglebee
All the Irish all decended from Kings. I am on both sides of my family (although someone tried telling me that I wasn't Irish because my family only moved there in the 11th century -- but there was a branch there hundreds of years before that).
This was probably the only interesting thing I've read about in the New York Times in weeks.
23 posted on
01/19/2006 6:55:37 PM PST by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
To: patton
24 posted on
01/19/2006 7:06:27 PM PST by
Emmalein
(To each his/her own.)
To: wagglebee; blam; FairOpinion; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ValerieUSA
Thanks Waggs. Turns out that this Niall guy was gay as a (obscure anachronistic reference follows) wild goose, and the real origin of this Y chromosome was the O'Neill's mailman. It's kinda sad, really.
This is number three of this subject, so I'm just addin', not pingin'.
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27 posted on
01/19/2006 10:22:41 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
(In the long run, there is only the short run.)
To: wagglebee
Sounds like I may be one of this guy's descendants. The furthest I can trace back is Cullo O'Neill, who helped Robert the Bruce win an important battle in Scotland. Instead of continuing with the O'Neill name, Cullo's son became McCullo, or McCulloh, or McCulloch. My great-great-great grandpappy
Henry Eustace McCulloch and his brother Benjamin missed the Alamo only because Ben got the measles while they were on the way to Texas to meet up with close friend and neighbor, Davy Crockett. He was a Texas Ranger, fought in the Mexican War, fought in the Civil War (he and brother Ben were the only two brothers who were both Connfederate generals). The name began to be spelled McCullough after one of his sons obtained a land grant and the name was spelled wrong. The family decided it was easier to change the family name than the grant.
To: wagglebee
The study points out that one of the O'Neill dynasty chieftains who died in 1423 had 18 sons with 10 different women and counted 59 grandsons in the male line.
It is a little known fact that O'Neill was the first NBA player. ;-)
To: wagglebee
Apparently George McGovern is your distant cousin.
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