Love the illustration above. It appeals to me. I do not know who tagged on the clever saying, but I like it. The young folk tell me this is an illustration from some 'game' they play with computers or Eboxes or something similar. Pé sceal é.... I am this great fortune of know a lot about my ancestry. I descend from warrior stock, from a warrior caste. I have the advantage of working with our McCain DNA project and access to primary sources about my own family from the late thirteenth century to we migrated to the New World.
We originate in mid Argyll, in what is now called Kilmichael Parish. That is the Dunadd areas for you with map savvy. This area was home to a people called the Gall-Ghaeil, or 'stranger Gaels.' They were a Gaelic people who became über influenced and joined with the Norse in their lands. It was a peaceful joining, marriages, etc., worked out well for both parties. Pé sceal é.... they gave rise to a peculiar phenomenon, i.e. Gaelic Vikings. This in time gave rise to the Gallóglaigh and Redshanks, and pretty much is the story of my family. We are those people today.
Nice illustration.
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