Many Scots Shaws were also Catholic (they were highlanders who fought in the first Jacobite war and some also fought as part of other clans in the second). QUOTE OF THE DAY It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt. -John Philpot Curran: Speech upon the Right of Election, 1790. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrienne O'Connor" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 7:37 AM Subject: [SHAW] Irish Shaws > Great! I have read this column and contributed for two years and rarely > see a reference to Irish Shaws! Now that I am leaving for Ireland this > afternoon with no more information in my possession, this dialog starts. > The two sides of my family are Shaws. I know that my maternal > gggrandfather was James Shaw from Connaught and his family was Catholic > (other names includes, John, Patrick and Robert. He married a Margaret > Leydon from Roscommon in Huddersfield UK. My father's paternal > grandfather was a William Shaw. Other names in his family include > Charles and Peter. We know that they were also Catholic, but we have no > idea where in Ireland they came from. Has anyone come across many > Catholic Shaws from Ireland in your research? I am aware that religions > were changed quite easily at times, but my paternal Shaws seemed to be > very, very Catholic. > Adrienne > > > ==== SHAW Mailing List ==== > Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness > http://www.raogk.org/ > >