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 >*;*< >