Barry R McCain is a writer, researcher, and speaker, living in Oxford, Mississippi. He has a degree in history from Ole Miss and has been researching his family's genealogy for over 40 years. He has travelled extensively in Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Scotland, and is a Gaelic speaker. He is the administrator of the Ulster Heritage DNA Project, the Scots-Irish DNA project, and the Mid Argyll Group DNA project.
His talks are on Ulster, West Highland and Scots-Irish, history and genetic genealogy. His sessions range from an hour to workshops for festivals, Highland or Irish Games, etc. His talks appeal to a wide variety of audiences with varying interests and levels of understanding. Topics include how to set up a Y-DNA project, how to analyze kinship match groups, and historical topics.
Media and
Speaking Engagements:
- April
2015 Memphis TN Scottish Society, Book signing and talk.
- Speaker Ulster American
Heritage Symposium (University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia), June 2014.
- June 2012, Speaker Ulster
American Heritage Symposium, Omagh, County Tyrone, N Ireland.
- December 2010, BBC program Kist
o Wurds Program, BBC Northern Ireland, December.
- July 2008, Presenter at the
Ulster American Heritage Symposium, Omagh, County Tyrone, N Ireland.
- July 2006, Presenter at the
Ulster American Heritage Symposium, Knoxville TN.
- December 2005, Traveller’s Way
album, producer and performer.
- October 2005-With the Oak
Ridge Boys, Ford Centre for the Performing Arts, Oxford MS.
- September 2004, Sin É
program, Dublin, Ireland.
- 2002-2005- Music on the Old
Natchez Trace, Interpretive talks and concerts for The National Park
Service, Natchez Trace Visitor’s Centre, Tupelo Mississippi.
- October 2004, The Country Céili
Show, with Tommy Sands.
- October 2003, Samhain, A
radio program on the Celtic traditions of Halloween, The Museum Matter’s
Program, broadcast on WNAU, New Albany MS..
Published
work:
- Finding
the McCains, a Scots-Irish Odyssey;
ISBN 978-0-9855876-4-2, March 2015.
- The Laggan Redshanks, The
Highland Scots in West Ulster, 1569-1630; ISBN
978-0-9855876-2-8, Ulster Heritage Publishing; July 2012.
- Fall 2010, Treasure Each
Voice, 400 years of English, Irish, and Ulster Scots from Stranorlar, co
author
- Fall 2009, The Scots-Irish,
The Rest of the Story, Highlander Magazine
- Ulster Heritage Magazine, lead
writer and editor, 2008-2014
- McCain’s Corner, monthly
column, Finn Valley Voice, Ballybofey, County Donegal, Ireland, 2008
- The Trouble With McCain,
Nov/Dec 2007, The Highlander Magazine
- The McCain DNA Project, the
Electric Scotland internet magazine, 2005
- The McCain DNA Project, The
Family Tree Magazine, Feb 2004
- The Irish McDonnells,
March/April 1995 By Land By Sea Magazine.
- The Stranger Gael,
Sept/Oct 1993 The Highlander Magazine
- The Bodachan,
Nov/Dec 1993 The Highlander Magazine
- The Gallóglaigh Jan/Feb
1994 The Highlander Magazine
2 comments:
I am just wondering Barry if you can tell me the date Sarah passed in 1962. There may be a link here. I've just always thought I was weird. A seer.
Hello Barry, Can you please tell me the date Sarah passed in 1962, There may be a link here. I am a seer.
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