Jochen Lueg <jl@spamnet.co.uk> wrote in news:4dac3d393fjl@spamnet.co.uk: > In article <Xns96D49EAB1A26Delektrosmdonet@81.174.12.30>, > Alun L. Palmer <elektros@yahoo.com> wrote: > > >> This does fit with the Milesian genealogy, however, i.e. the idea that >> all Irish are descended from one man called Mile (or Milesius in the >> Latin) who came to Ireland from Spain. Perhaps there's a little grain of >> truth in that after all. > > > After 9000 years I can see how you can trace the decent of a population > back to one woman. To do the same to one man would be very difficult I > would have thought. > > Jochen > That's the easy part. The genealogy tracing all the kings and clan chieftains back to Milesius is already written down. The hard part is knowing how much of it to beleive. There's no doubt that some parts of it are true, but as to the whole thing ...

In article <Xns96D8BA32F7Belektrosmdonet@81.174.12.30>, Alun L. Palmer <elektros@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > That's the easy part. The genealogy tracing all the kings and clan > chieftains back to Milesius is already written down. The hard part is > knowing how much of it to beleive. There's no doubt that some parts of it > are true, but as to the whole thing ... Didn't bishop Usher do the same thing with the bible? Jochen -- ------------------------------------ If you want to learn about Limavady, why not try http://www.binevenagh.com for some local history, photographs and the Roe Valley News Browser.