Well many a true word was said in jest! I can imagine a clan gathering in Scotland, celebrating the new century...passing the Whisky around and complaining about having nothing different to drink, so up they get, into their boats and off to Ireland for a few pints!! (Must get onto Guinness Brewery to see if they need a new ad!) :-D Even William of Orange was only trying to cross the Boyne to get to the Guinness Brewery when they were set upon by people trying to stop them having a few scoops of the black stuff! History needs to be rewritten! Robyn Moore wrote: >> From information I have gathered so far, my gr-gr-grandfather was, as a > Presbyterian, driven out of Scotland around the early 1800s and > relocated in Tyrone, but I like David Hall's explanation better!!! > > >> From: David Hall <hallmark1@utvinternet.com> >> To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [CoTyIre] [Fwd: Re: BMD - Bayne, Hogg, Farrell] >> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:46:21 +0000 >> >> >> >> Well Guinness brewery started in 1759....so maybe they preferred it to >> Whisky?? ;-) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> John Hogg wrote: >> > I had a family of Kirkpatrick who came from Scotland say 1800 or so >> and >> > eventually settled in Fermanagh. Maguiresbridge area. Not a clue >> as to why >> > though. >> > >> > Other lines in this area - McCoy in Tyrone and Jackson in Fermanagh. >> > >> > My Hogg line stayed in Scotland - Hawick where my GF was born 1876. >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com >> > [mailto:cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of >> amroche1@aol.com >> > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 8:14 AM >> > To: joyhogghwh@yahoo.com; cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com >> > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] BMD - Bayne, Hogg, Farrell >> > >> > >> > Hello all! I am also interested in why Scots would leave Scotland for >> > Ireland in the mid to late 1700s. My McClellands (2 brothers) left >> Scotland >> > for Co Tyrone about 1760. When replying to Joy, please "reply to all." >> > Thanks! >> > Alice >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Joy Hogg <joyhogghwh@yahoo.com> >> > To: cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com >> > Sent: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 5:32 am >> > Subject: [CoTyIre] BMD - Bayne, Hogg, Farrell >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Dear folks, I'd like to thank the volunteers who have been >> transcribing and >> > entering thousands of names and dates for historical purposes. What a >> > wonderful >> > generous way to spend time. >> > Also, I am catching bits of great advice, especially about ages. Do >> you >> > think a >> > disregard to exact age was common all over the place? I have a British >> > person in >> > Canada whose age seemed to have declined about 12 years upon >> remarriage >> > after?losing the first wife. >> > ?Could you walk me through the instructions for accessing the new >> > information? >> > Is this at the LDS site or somewhere else? >> > Also, I continue to need any assistance for Bayne, Hogg and >> Farrell.I can >> > picture a young James Hogg walking to Tyrone County from Scotland, and >> > eventually marrying a Sarah McKee in the late 1700's. From historical >> > conjecture, put your thinking caps on for me. Why would Scots leave >> Scotland >> > at >> > that time? How would he have been received by the people in the >> area? Would >> > a >> > single man have traveled alone or always with a group of relatives? >> Did the >> > Scots retain their "Scots" demeanor and speech, or assimilate? >> > As a Canadian in the US, I will help re: history on this side of >> the pond... >> > Joy Hogg >> > >> > ------------- >> > Our community web-site: >> > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com >> > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body >> > of >> > the message >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------- >> > Our community web-site: >> > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> > >> > ------------- >> > Our community web-site: >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> > >> > --- >> > avast! 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