i spent a little time on my family tree this morning after getting an e-mail from a thread i am following on a research site, which led me to thinking about my Irish ancestors.
i have to say i think of them a lot, more than i do of my ancestors from around her. i guess it is because they are so mysterious to me. i am in touch with a few people i am related to through my Irish line but i am so...intrigued by the ones who were no longer here long before i was born.
given the time they appeared living in wales they crossed the Irish sea because of the potato famine. they were just regular folk, the men mostly being labourers but their Gaelic names are so lyrical...
ó Súilleabháin
Ó Flaitheamháin
Ó Broin
i so wish i knew much more about them...
6 comments:
What unique names! I'd love to trace my family tree....maybe someday I will.
I took over the genealogical research after my Mum died and I just love doing it. I find it so addictive though, I decide to spend and hour or two and get so caught up whole days can pass.
So very fascinating to look back into ones family!
Family history is one of my great interests - no Irish ancestry for me but lots in my DH's family. They mostly came over during the potato famine too as far as I can tell. Have got nowhere actually in Ireland yet beyond Co Dublin and Co Roscommon. Need to try and narrow the field a bit! Hope the essays are going well - what are you doing in archaeology?
Yes, there something so wonderfully mysterious about our ancestors...These are fantastic names!
I am always pondering how my ancestors lived... even now, I could have aboriginal ancestors on my dad's side. I will never know for sure though.
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