Happy St. Patrick's Day

[hrobalabama]

Also, the reason he stayed in Ireland was his love for the people and his conviction that God had called him to "Shepherd" the wild people there.

 

[hrobalabama]

Pat,

I deeply apologize for my speaking off the cuff instead of checking for the facts.
According to the CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPAEDIA he was born in Scotland.
We could then claim him as "Scotch-Irish?"

 

[Northern Light]

Pat,

I deeply apologize for my speaking off the cuff instead of checking for the facts.
According to the CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPAEDIA he was born in Scotland.
We could then claim him as "Scotch-Irish?"

Definitely not Scotch, which is a drink. Scots or Scottish is more correct. Just call him a Celt.

 

[Pat Young]

Just checked...he was British...in my old age, I confuse England and Britain.
I concur he can be claimed as Irish but I was speaking of his birthplace.

Understood.

Every year someone who is not Irish announces to me that St. Patrick was English (or Italian) as though now everything I ever believed was about to crumble. You certainly did not do that. However,

Of course, there is an excellent chance he never existed at all.

more likely that the work of two or more missionaries were rolled into his CV.

 

[hrobalabama]

Definitely not Scotch, which is a drink. Scots or Scottish is more correct. Just call him a Celt.

Wait now, my ancestry family tree claims the 87% of my ancestors were "Scotch-Irish." Does that mean they were really Irish with a lot of "drink" in them? Strange, but I thought that Scotch whiskey was made by people in Scotland and Irish whiskey was made people in Ireland. One thing for sure, I like Irish singing and songs much better the Scotch - oh sorry , Scotsmen.
I started to get on folks from Scotland and their bagpipes but then realized that Irishmen play them too. Well, anyway I stayed away from kilts. And Irish tenors are better vocalists than all other, Italians included.

 

[Northern Light]

Wait now, my ancestry family tree claims the 87% of my ancestors were "Scotch-Irish." Does that mean they were really Irish with a lot of "drink" in them? Strange, but I thought that Scotch whiskey was made by people in Scotland and Irish whiskey was made people in Ireland. One thing for sure, I like Irish singing and songs much better the Scotch - oh sorry , Scotsmen.
I started to get on folks from Scotland and their bagpipes but then realized that Irishmen play them too. Well, anyway I stayed away from kilts. And Irish tenors are better vocalists than all other, Italians included.

Scotch is an excellent drink that comes (mostly) from Scotland. It is spelled whisky. Irish whiskey comes, obviously, from Ireland. It is a very common error to call those who come from Scotland, Scotch. Please don't make that mistake. The Irish people are Celts, Pronounced as a "K", not as in the Boston basketball team. A group of Scots left that blessed shore and settled in Ireland, somewhere in the mists of time, and created their own culture there.
As to the drinking habits of your ancestors, I make no comments. My ancestors are Irish, Scottish, and Welsh, with a bit of German thrown in for variety, which probably explains my fondness for Irish whiskey, Scotch, and beer.
Irish tenors are very good, but the Welsh, oh the Welsh have voices that can break your heart!

 

[hrobalabama]

Scotch is an excellent drink that comes (mostly) from Scotland. It is spelled whisky. Irish whiskey comes, obviously, from Ireland. It is a very common error to call those who come from Scotland, Scotch. Please don't make that mistake. The Irish people are Celts, Pronounced as a "K", not as in the Boston basketball team. A group of Scots left that blessed shore and settled in Ireland, somewhere in the mists of time, and created their own culture there.
As to the drinking habits of your ancestors, I make no comments. My ancestors are Irish, Scottish, and Welsh, with a bit of German thrown in for variety, which probably explains my fondness for Irish whiskey, Scotch, and beer.
Irish tenors are very good, but the Welsh, oh the Welsh have voices that can break your heart!

I was being extra kind because of St. Paddy's day. You are right on with Welsh singing. I prefer Irish Tenors and Irish songs but for male chorale groups you can't beat the Welsh(if they sing in English.) My last name is Roberts. Years ago I sang in a church and a dear old lady told me that everybody with that Welsh surname were good singers. I love to sing but have little or no talent in that area, although I have a bunch of cousins who are talented in that area.
And since I now know not to call indigenous folk from Scotland, Scotch; what is the correct moniker for the folks who immigrated her years ago? Scots-Irish? There is a nobleman neighbor of mine, Sir.....McGowin who wears a kilt and is a war hero.
I am going to talk with him about this. But if I mention "whisky" he will go catatonic. He smells of a peat bog and is never very far from his "single malt."

 

[Northern Light]

I was being extra kind because of St. Paddy's day. You are right on with Welsh singing. I prefer Irish Tenors and Irish songs but for male chorale groups you can't beat the Welsh(if they sing in English.) My last name is Roberts. Years ago I sang in a church and a dear old lady told me that everybody with that Welsh surname were good singers. I love to sing but have little or no talent in that area, although I have a bunch of cousins who are talented in that area.
And since I now know not to call indigenous folk from Scotland, Scotch; what is the correct moniker for the folks who immigrated her years ago? Scots-Irish? There is a nobleman neighbor of mine, Sir.....McGowin who wears a kilt and is a war hero.
I am going to talk with him about this. But if I mention "whisky" he will go catatonic. He smells of a peat bog and is never very far from his "single malt."

I believe the correct name for those immigrants would be Americans.
It can get a bit difficult, because of the separation of Ireland. My husband's Irish ancestors were Roman Catholics from County Clare, in what is now the Republic of Ireland. My Irish ancestors are from County Tyrone in the North, and were Scottish Protestants who were brought by the English to colonize the North. They lived in Ireland long enough to be considered Irish. While his family are Irish, mine are generally known as Scots Irish or Ulster Scots. Now we are all Canadian.

 

[12th Missouri Yankee]

The Irish Brigade still marches in the Grand Parade:

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Love this picture, thanks for sharing Mr. Young. We are getting ready for St.Patrick's day early.