HB, last time I checked Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 14 hunerd and 92. How the hell did they get here in 11 or 1200. The Vikings weren't from Ireland ya know.
PS: I have a fair bit 'o' the Irish in me as well.
You're slick. You caught me.
I actually did a lot of work on my family tree a few years ago. There is one gray area around the 1700's. If I could prove that connection I can trace the rest of the tree back to Derryville eons ago. The only reason I brought up 11 or 1200, there's a guy with my last name that was supposedly the Founder of Derryville Ireland. War hero, money, power. That just doesn't jive with my family as I know it, horsethiefs, renegades, and share croppers. SO, that gray area .....Well--just makes me wonder.