stephpd
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Never been to Ireland, relatives seldom spoke of Europe. Misinformation abounds. Gots some learnin' to do.
Hard to even find out which part of the Islands my families came from. Ancestry.com says my Irish family is part of the O'Niel clan from County Antrim. Spelling of the name changes several times, not unusual considering they couldn't read or write and trying to use phonetics to a heavy accent didn't help. Not sure of the accuaracy since records were destroyed.
Scottish grandmother was the only one to talk of family, guess the name MacDonald meant something to her. Seems like a fairly large clan. So at least the Kilts,tartars and pipes are a part of one side of my family.
Never heard of Uilleann pipes, I'll stick to the piano and drums. One makes music the other just a beat. I Look like 'animal' from Sesame Street when playing drums.:celebrate
Never been to Ireland, relatives seldom spoke of Europe. Misinformation abounds. Gots some learnin' to do.
Hard to even find out which part of the Islands my families came from. Ancestry.com says my Irish family is part of the O'Niel clan from County Antrim. Spelling of the name changes several times, not unusual considering they couldn't read or write and trying to use phonetics to a heavy accent didn't help. Not sure of the accuaracy since records were destroyed.
Scottish grandmother was the only one to talk of family, guess the name MacDonald meant something to her. Seems like a fairly large clan. So at least the Kilts,tartars and pipes are a part of one side of my family.
Never heard of Uilleann pipes, I'll stick to the piano and drums. One makes music the other just a beat. I Look like 'animal' from Sesame Street when playing drums.:celebrate