Mostly from county Tyrone, in the north of Ireland. Mike O'Neal At 09:28 PM 1/14/00 -0800, you wrote: >They probably came from Tyrone, or just East of Tyrone. >----- Original Message ----- >From: Alice+Jim Hord <Jimali@webtv.net> >To: <ONEALL-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 8:57 AM >Subject: [ONEALL-L] 'Red Hand of Ireland' > > >> thanks to those that gave me some tips on how to find this story,thought >> I had saved it but I can't find it~ I have just recieved a letter from >> an unknown cousin that I had just discoverd and written to~ she said she >> remembered hearing as a child that our ances. one Duke O'NEILL, was >> promised land in America and that all he had to do was touch the land he >> saw, and so as the ship pulled in he cut off his hand and threw it on >> the American shore< I want to be able to her the proper story behind >> that legend and explain the red hand as being older than anyone coming >> to America~funny how people take on a story as their own huh? wish she >> could tell me where in Ireland they came from,that is my quest! >> >> ALICE >*;*< >> > >