This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MONROE, MUNRO, MONRO, MCENROE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XeC.2ACI/47.1 Message Board Post: I HAVE VISITED IRELAND SEVERAL TIMES, AND HAVE MY FAMILY COAT OF ARMS, IN ADDITION TO THE ART WORK OF A RED DRAGRON ON A YELLOW FIELD ARE THE WORDS "DRED GOD", RECENTLY I DISCOVERED THAT THE CLAN WAS LED BY A MAN KNOWN AS THE EARL OF RHOULE AFTER THEY SPLIT UP, LEAVING SOME IN SCOTLAND AND OTHERS IN NORTHERN IRELAND. THE CLAN WAS KNOWN FOR PROTECTING TRAVELLERS, AND WHEN EVER A DISPUTE AROSE BETWEEN THEM AND OTHERS, A BONFIRE WAS LIT ON THE TOP OF A CASTLE TO SUMMON THE CLAN, AND THE DRED GOD CAME FROM THEIR ENEMIES. I ALSO KNOW THERE WAS A HENRY MONROE IN THE RISING OF 1798, THE GAILIC SPELLING, IS SOMETHING LIKE MACanROAITH, I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, LOCATIONS, WHEREEVER THE "BLACK WATERS" ARE, MY MOTHER IS 89, IN POOR HEALTH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE HER THIS INFORMATION SINCE I HELPED HER WITH HER FAMILY ( BAILEY) HISTORY. MANY THANKS, JAMES T. MONROE RELATED TO THE 5th PRESIDENT ON THIS SIDE OF THE OCEAN, HIE FAMILY IS SCOTTISH-IRISH ALSO.