More than likely it was, my cousins still talk Irish Lorraine ----- Original Message ----- From: "eile" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 9:34 AM Subject: [DONEGAL] mother tongue: Irish > In the 1920 American census for two relatives born in Ireland > I found a record in which they listed "Irish" as their mother tongue. > > These two folks were from the Grianan area west of Derry and St. > Johnston, and were born in 1867 and 1884. > > There is no family legend of them speaking Irish. > > What are the chances that they were telling the truth in 1920 when they > said their mother tongue was Irish? > > best, > Paul Carr > > > ==== IRL-CO-DONEGAL Mailing List ==== > Our County Donegal website is: http://www.mindspring.com/~dickod/donegal/index.htm > If you have genealogy data for Donegal, please submit to URL above. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

> > There is no family legend of them speaking Irish. Perhaps because it's not a legend :) As some have already pointed out, Irish speakers were in the majority among the native Irish inhabitants of Donegal up until the turn of the century or so. Michael