Getting back to the purpose of the original posting, I have Catholic ancestors in both counties Kerry and Limerick. Regional differences may have accounted for popularity of personal names, even within the same religion. The personal names of my various family members in Limerick include William and David, for instance, while in Kerry I have not found these names at all in my family lines - the most common male ones there were John, Daniel, Patrick, and Michael. >From sources such as Woulfe I understand that the Norman influence in Limerick may have added William and David to the mix while these names are less frequently seen in Kerry - West Kerry, at least. Not that the Norman influence was totally absent - Geoffrey and Maurice are not uncommon names. Paul Keroack ----- Original Message ---- From: "wm.karr@insightbb.com" <wm.karr@insightbb.com> To: irl-limerick@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:58:04 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] Are there certain given names that indicate someone's religion? Liz, You're probably right. However, he was over here making a good living. He might not have had anything to fear by saying such a thing to me. Then again, he could have been a IRA wannabe, who knows. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Liz Haren <lizharen@gmail.com> Date: Sunday, February 17, 2008 18:15 Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] Are there certain given names that indicate someone's religion? To: irl-limerick@rootsweb.com > I hope you realize that someone in the IRA would never discuss > such a thing, > right? Every culture has it's village idiot, sounds like > you ran into one > of them. > > Liz > > >>>He claimed he was part of the IRA and would shoot the > Protestants in an > ambush and then sit down and have a pint or two to celebrate. I > only lasted > the summer with him>>> > > On Feb 17, 2008 6:44 PM, <wm.karr@insightbb.com> wrote: > > > Kathy wrote <Helen, pardon the intrusion but saw your > mention that "I > > believe there was a protestant marriage further back, hence > the name > > 'William'" and am curious...is the name William a dead give > away that > > someone was Protestant or something?> > > > > Kathy and Helen, > > > > I was named after my father, William Joseph. However, he did > not want a > > junior, so my middle name is Patrick, having been born on > March 17. I was > > raised Catholic. > > > > However, when I was 16, I worked a summer job for an off-the- > boat Irishman > > that constantly teased me about being named after William of Orange. > > Needless to say, I did not take that too well. He claimed he > was part of the > > IRA and would shoot the Protestants in an ambush and then sit > down and have > > a pint or two to celebrate. I only lasted the summer with him. > > > > Bill Karr in Peoria, IL., USA > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL- > LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message