Patsy, Thanks. I don't seem to be able to open the link. I'll try Googling it in a wee bit. The hunt is heating up... Cliff. Johnston "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see;" from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia O'Shea" <pkoshea@xtra.co.nz> To: "CJMax" <moments-in-time@charter.net>; <IRL-CORK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 6:49 PM Subject: Re: Scottish Protestants in Transit... > Hi again Cliff - indeed it is Bandon where my connections lie. There is a > great deal of Bandon history on the internet, including a complete > transcription of a book by George Bennett - History of Bandon. > > http://www.paulturner.ca/Ireland/Cork/HOB/HOB%20Preface.htm > > There is mention of a General Johnson in Chapter 23. May be of interest - > certainly the story of Bandon is very interesting in an Irish history > context. Bennet of course writes from a rather pro-establishment > perspective but gives a great sweep of information on the whole area. > Hope this is of interest. > Cheers, Patsy > > > >> Another thought for a Scot's presence in Co. Cork is given here: >> Bandon is situated 19miles (40km) from Cork City on N71. It is a small >> market town, and also a great region for angling. >> The town was founded by Richard Boyle, The great Earl of Cork who >> acquired vast Munster Estates and planted them with English and Scottish >> settlers. >> >> Cliff. Johnston >> "May the best you've ever seen, >> Be the worst you'll ever see;" >> from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "CJMax" <moments-in-time@charter.net> >> To: <IRL-CORK-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 6:11 PM >> Subject: Re: Scottish Protestants in Transit... >> >> >>> Patsy, >>> >>> Thanks for your input. It hadn't crossed my mind that there might have >>> been an association with a military action and my ggggrandfather's >>> presence in Co. Cork...one never knows. The timing certainly is right. >>> >>> Cliff. Johnston >>> "May the best you've ever seen, >>> Be the worst you'll ever see;" >>> from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Patricia O'Shea" <pkoshea@xtra.co.nz> >>> To: "CJMax" <moments-in-time@charter.net>; <IRL-CORK-L@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 5:34 PM >>> Subject: Re: Scottish Protestants in Transit... >>> >>> >>>> 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 >>>>> >>> >>> >>> ==== IRL-CORK Mailing List ==== >>> Support RootsWeb in data acquisition >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >>> >>> ============================== >>> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >>> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> >> ==== IRL-CORK Mailing List ==== >> RootsWeb, a user-supported enterprise http://www.rootsweb.com/ >> >> ============================== >> View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >> marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >> >>