(amost 21) year old Scot in South Texas

[Deasan]

Welcome to the site Josh. An interest in history and culture offers a lifetime of exploration and adventure for you to enjoy. What time periods are you interested in and are you learning Gaelic yet? When you mention Scots-Irish do you mean the Ulster Scots in America or Scottish and Irish cultures in general? Nice to have you here.
Le durachdan (with good wishes),
Deasan

[Dirk Skene]

Hello from Memphis, Tennessee, Home of the Blues.

It's good to meet you. You are very lucky to have someone that can sew well and is willing to to do it for you. This will save you BIG bucks. See you around the forum.

[TimC]

Welcome to the forum and the addiction!

-Tim

[Scotexan21]

Welcome to the site Josh. An interest in history and culture offers a lifetime of exploration and adventure for you to enjoy. What time periods are you interested in and are you learning Gaelic yet? When you mention Scots-Irish do you mean the Ulster Scots in America or Scottish and Irish cultures in general? Nice to have you here.
Le durachdan (with good wishes),
Deasan

Hello Deasan, Nice to meet you!
Im intrested in Scottish, Irish and Welsh culture in general. By Scots-Irish this is what I mean. My family waay back in the early days lived in a castle in the Scottish Highlands. (its still there of course) I dont remember the name though Id have to ask my uncle. However the Cochranes (that was their last name) migrated south out of Scotland to the south of Ireland for a few hundred years before moving to the United states in the 1700s.

[nixphotography]

Josh welcome to the forum from Laurens South Carolina. Enjoy your stay and the conversation.

Brett

[cessna152towser]

from the Scottish Borders.

[Deasan]

The earliest recorded and most prominent family to bear this name assumed it from the five merk lands of Cochrane near Paisley in Renfrewshire: though it was said that some MacEacherns who had been removed to the Lowlands adopted the name, while its affinity to the Irish Corcoran is suggestive.
-Ian Grimble from Scottish Clans And Tartans

Wonderful family history and very interesting stuff -thanks for sharing Joshua.
Have you read The Highlands by Calum I. Maclean? He was the brother of the poet Sorley MacLean and a brilliant folklorist. This book records his adventures collecting folklore in the Highlands. Also, if you are interested in the history of Highland dress then H.F. McClintock's Old Irish and Highland Dress is a super read (though dear in price, many University libraries have a copy of it). Just a few books of many-these should keep you burning the midnight oil for a little while anyway.
Slainte

[Scotexan21]

That is intresting information Deasan! I assume that my Uncle was then correct that the Cochranes did indeed migrate to Ireland at some point from Scotland and intermix with one of the clans there in Ireland before we left for the US.

[Tattoo Bradley]

from Southeast New Mexico!

[MrLion]

Welcome from Oregon