Location & time (where & when) are critical factors in our searches and understanding (who, what, why & how) our family history's. So many participants of this list over the past 18 years helped me grow in my feeble understanding of all that for Ireland. Several years ago I had a big "Aha!" moment that helped me clarify a bit to "understand". The histories of Ireland and America, at different time frames, are very similar. Compare what happened to the Tribes, Lands, Culture etc. of the Celtic Irish of Ireland and the Indians of America. A picture is worth a thousand and maps give perspective, I offer these for you to ponder: 1. Size comparison of Ireland & America; http://i.imgur.com/w8LOUvR.png 2. Clan Territories of Ireland (two of them); https://www.irishorigenes.com/sites/default/files/field/image/Clans%20of%20Ireland.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8CplZ.jpg 3. Tribal Areas of early American Indians; http://i.imgur.com/MdoAmTo.jpg 4. 1750 - 2008 Control of North America http://imgur.com/gallery/Mz1o7VN 5. WWII Ireland Propaganda Map "We're not worth invading!" http://i.imgur.com/itF22.jpg?1 Any thoughts? Ed Madden Ridgefield, WA

Ed, I absolutely LOVE that last map. It shows Ireland in the clarity I've never seen before. Thank you for that link. Janet On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Ed Madden via <cotipperary@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Location & time (where & when) are critical factors in our searches and > understanding (who, what, why & how) our family history's. > So many participants of this list over the past 18 years helped me grow > in my feeble understanding of all that for Ireland. > Several years ago I had a big "Aha!" moment that helped me clarify a bit > to "understand". > > The histories of Ireland and America, at different time frames, are very > similar. > Compare what happened to the Tribes, Lands, Culture etc. of the Celtic > Irish of Ireland and the Indians of America. > > A picture is worth a thousand and maps give perspective, I offer these > for you to ponder: > 1. Size comparison of Ireland & America; > http://i.imgur.com/w8LOUvR.png > > 2. Clan Territories of Ireland (two of them); > > https://www.irishorigenes.com/sites/default/files/field/image/Clans%20of%20Ireland.jpg > http://i.imgur.com/8CplZ.jpg > > 3. Tribal Areas of early American Indians; > http://i.imgur.com/MdoAmTo.jpg > > 4. 1750 - 2008 Control of North America > http://imgur.com/gallery/Mz1o7VN > > 5. WWII Ireland Propaganda Map "We're not worth invading!" > http://i.imgur.com/itF22.jpg?1 > > Any thoughts? > Ed Madden > Ridgefield, WA > > > > When replying to a message in the digest please do two things: > 1. Change the 'Subject' to that of the message you are replying to. > 2. Delete all the messages above and below the one you are concerned with. > Thank You. > > All of the past messages of this list can be found in the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cotipperary > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTIPPERARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >