There is no evidence to suggest that any of those named on the Oath of Allegiance list knew or spoke Irish. The Oath of loyalty to the United Irishmen was also in english and names were recorded by the administrators in the same form as the Bunbury Oath. Far from Bunbury refusing to use the Irish form it appears he wrote down the names as they were pronounced. Many of them match records in the Catholic registers of the period. mick On 2/8/07, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Very, very interesting, Pat. Interesting to note the official refusal to > use the Irish form (i.e., the Mac / Ó form) of these many names (except in > only 3 instances), even though these would have been all Irish speakers at > this date. The Mac / Ó form had been made illegal in 1608. > > Much appreciated. Best, - Jerry > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pat Connors > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:11 PM > To: IRISH-AMERICAN > Subject: [IRISH-AMER] Oath and List of Disturbed Duplicators from > 1797,part > 2 > > I, A.B. do Take Almighty God and his only Son Jesus Christ my Redeemer to > Witness that I will be Faithful and Bear True Allegiance to our most > Gracious Sovereign Lord King George the Third and him will Defend to the > utmost of my power against all Conspiracies and attempts whatever that > shall > be made against his Person Crown & Dignity and I will to my utmost > Endeavours to disclose and make Known to his Majesty & his Heirs all > Treasons and Traitorous Conspiracies which may formed against him or Them > and I do Faithfully promise to Maintain Support and Defend to the Utmost > of > my power the Succession of the Crown in his Majesty's family against any > person or Persons Whatsoever. > > So help me God > > > > > ====Irish American Mailing List===== > Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry > at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >