Originally Posted by
slohairt
Great pictures, Terry!
It certainly is possible that they belonged to an Ulster Scot or a Gallowglass. It should be noted, Terry, that those terms aren't really that interchangeable. Ulster Scots (usually) refers to those who came with the Plantation and were mostly Protestant Lowlanders. The Gallowglass were (usually) Gaelic-speaking Catholics who assimilated to Irish culture with even greater ease than the Normans. There are many Irish with Gallowglass ancestry (myself included) that don't really identify as being an Ulster Scot.
Thanks John. 
I didn't mean to imply that the Galloglass & the Ulster-Scots were one and the same. I actually meant to convey "belonging to either or". Sorry for the confusion. 
[SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.[/SIZE]
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