Scottish Morrisons in the area of southern Inner Hebrides are Irish O'Muirgheasain, who were famed bards to the Hebridean lords (MacLeod & MacLean). See "O'Muirgheasain Bardic Family" in Notes &' Queries of the Society of West Highland and Island Historical Research, vi (1978), 3-7. ps. Rogellus Obrolchan was secretary to Alexander Lord of the Isles in 1426. (My opinion is Scottish history became Anglo-centric and the Irish sort only pure Irishness, so we left to rediscover the past world of western seas.)
Hello, Bernard, There is a persistent rumor floating around on the Internet, that members of the Irish O'Muirgheasain family migrated to the Hebrides, the Isle of Lewis in particular, and became one of the Morrison families there, but not to be confused with the Morrisons there who trace their family back to a Norwegian man and Irish woman. Because the Hebrides are not far from Ireland, it is possible and likely that sailors, including O'Muirgheasain sailors, did travel to and possibly migrate to the Hebrides. However, the Morrison Society of North America's database includes about 350 Morrisons, distributed throughout the Hebrides, Northern Ireland and Scotland, and while genetically I am from northern Ulster, which is the home of the O'Muirgheasain family that I likely belong to, I do not match any of the Morrisons in the MSNA database, and so I cannot believe the O'Muirgheasain/Morrison/Hebrides rumor. It could be true, as perhaps the MSNA database could be incomplete. Doug On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Bernard Morgan <bernardmorgan@hotmail.com>wrote: > > > Scottish Morrisons in the area of southern Inner Hebrides are Irish > O'Muirgheasain, who were famed bards to the Hebridean lords (MacLeod & > MacLean). > See "O'Muirgheasain Bardic Family" in Notes &' Queries of the Society of > West Highland and Island Historical Research, vi (1978), 3-7. > > ps. Rogellus Obrolchan was secretary to Alexander Lord of the Isles in > 1426. > > (My opinion is Scottish history became Anglo-centric and the Irish sort > only pure Irishness, so we left to rediscover the past world of western > seas.) > R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >