WHO IS AINMIRE SCARIFF? He is recorded in my family ancestral line circa 1600. A relative travelling in Ireland records..... "A very entertaining Shaugnessy in a Kinsale hotel was telling traditional myths, when all of a sudden he started telling the legend of Ainmire Scariff of the Slieve (Luachra) mountains, a mixture of a Robin Hood - Rob Roy character. We asked where he got the story from and he said it had been handed down from father to son for years." Where exactly are the Slieve Luachra mountains located? I have been told that they separate Co.Kerry & Co. Limerick. Is this so? My family folklore records that early Scariff ancestors lived in the region of present day Co. Limerick. I suspect that the above reference would apply to the area around Castleisland, Co.Kerry. Does any person have any knowledge of the existence of a person named AINMIRE SCARIFF in the kingdom of Munster circa 1600? Other spellings of this family name recorded in those early years were.....Scarfth, Scarfh, Scarfe and Scarf. Present day Irish relatives use the spelling of "Scariff". Any clues would be greatly appreciated. Darryl Scarff Australia

Hi, Do you know if your Shanacie was named Shaugnessy? Thanks, Laurie (list owner Shaughnessy-L and OShaughnessy-L) -----Original Message----- From: Darryl Scarff [mailto:dscarff@ozemail.com.au] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 7:36 PM To: SHAMROCK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SH] WHO IS AINMIRE SCARIFF? WHO IS AINMIRE SCARIFF? He is recorded in my family ancestral line circa 1600. A relative travelling in Ireland records..... "A very entertaining Shaugnessy in a Kinsale hotel was telling traditional myths, when all of a sudden he started telling the legend of Ainmire Scariff of the Slieve (Luachra) mountains, a mixture of a Robin Hood - Rob Roy character. We asked where he got the story from and he said it had been handed down from father to son for years." Where exactly are the Slieve Luachra mountains located? I have been told that they separate Co.Kerry & Co. Limerick. Is this so? My family folklore records that early Scariff ancestors lived in the region of present day Co. Limerick. I suspect that the above reference would apply to the area around Castleisland, Co.Kerry. Does any person have any knowledge of the existence of a person named AINMIRE SCARIFF in the kingdom of Munster circa 1600? Other spellings of this family name recorded in those early years were.....Scarfth, Scarfh, Scarfe and Scarf. Present day Irish relatives use the spelling of "Scariff". Any clues would be greatly appreciated. Darryl Scarff Australia ==== SHAMROCK Mailing List ==== ** To unsubscribe from this list send unsubscribe to SHAMROCK-L-request@rootsweb.com for regular mode, or SHAMROCK-D-request@rootsweb.com for digest **