Were there any patterns of Scots coming into County Cork in the latter half of the 1700's and early 1800's? My gggrandfather Robert "Red Robin" Johnston was said to have been born in Co. Cork ca. 1807 to a Scottish born father who married and raised his family there. Ca. 1832, 3 of his children moved on to Upper Canada, one dying on the crossing. By the early 1900's our Johnstons who had remained in Co. Cork had evidently died out. This was not a typical Scottish Protestant move from what I've read in the literature as Northern Ireland seems to have been the major destination with Co. Fermanagh and Tyrone among the favorites for Johnston/es. Can anyone shed some light on this for me? Cliff. Johnston "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see;" from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay
Hi Cliff - I can't answer your question but I have JOHNSONs in Boyle, Co Roscommon in the late 1700s - early 1800s. I haven't yet discovered where they came from. I guess it's possible there were pockets of 'immigrants' in many parts of Ireland. Certainly my Roscommon family had links (possibly around 1800) to Co Cork, partly through the militia movements I think. I believe militia units were moved around the country at the time of the 1798 uprising. Cheers, Patsy - New Zealand. > Were there any patterns of Scots coming into County Cork in the latter > half of the 1700's and early 1800's? > > My gggrandfather Robert "Red Robin" Johnston was said to have been born in > Co. Cork ca. 1807 to a Scottish born father who married and raised his > family there. Ca. 1832, 3 of his children moved on to Upper Canada, one > dying on the crossing. By the early 1900's our Johnstons who had remained > in Co. Cork had evidently died out. > > This was not a typical Scottish Protestant move from what I've read in the > literature as Northern Ireland seems to have been the major destination > with Co. Fermanagh and Tyrone among the favorites for Johnston/es. Can > anyone shed some light on this for me? > > Cliff. Johnston > "May the best you've ever seen, > Be the worst you'll ever see;" > from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay >