At 01:01 AM 5/29/2011, you wrote: >Surnames did not exist when the Irish raided Lowland Scotland. >Perhaps some of the descendants of the Irish raiders took English >surnames when surnames became common. > R1b1c7 Research and Links: OK. But a lot of raiders are needed along with some settlers to make the imprint in Lowland Scotland that exists. It also presupposes an event within a relatively recent historical compass. Are there known candidates for the needed phenomenon?