tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338318699173170470.post1904798739471868173..comments2024-03-05T19:18:51.951-06:00Comments on McCain's Corner: Billy the Kid Was a Gaelic SpeakerBarry R McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12061685131254246076noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338318699173170470.post-15743407986661784612019-04-30T17:47:56.702-05:002019-04-30T17:47:56.702-05:00Loved the stories so interesting his memory lives ...Loved the stories so interesting his memory lives on Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15020335448714950888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338318699173170470.post-75352129051386905002018-07-18T11:22:31.198-05:002018-07-18T11:22:31.198-05:00Greetings! I enjoyed your page and I have a reques...Greetings! I enjoyed your page and I have a request. I am writing my second book about translation and I would like to use the photo you posted of Billy the Kid as an example of a famous bilingual. May I reproduce the photo in my book?<br />Thanks and regards,<br />James Nolan<br />jamespnolan@aol.com / j.nolan@aiic.net <br />James Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10177301002459434244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338318699173170470.post-25754050735985668002018-07-14T10:05:22.695-05:002018-07-14T10:05:22.695-05:00Very Interesting. My mom was from Kerry, Irealand....Very Interesting. My mom was from Kerry, Irealand. There was a rumour that Jessie James lived in one of the small towns there, Listowel, Tarbert or Ballybunion.Told this over 50yrs ago so memory not as sharp.celticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12989769363131762471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338318699173170470.post-15656500077443555372018-04-03T10:05:37.164-05:002018-04-03T10:05:37.164-05:00Exactly, especially since Scottish strathspeys hav...Exactly, especially since Scottish strathspeys have long been in the repertoire of Donegal fiddlers - and in the areas of Glencolmcille ("An Gleann") and Gaoth Dobhair (angl. Gweedore), they're called "Highlands". Many Presbyterian families from Ulster and their descendants in Appalachia and other areas settled by Scots-Irish (Ulster Scots) bear Gaelic surnames with "Mac" (incl. the very gentleman running this blog) or such originally prefixed by an "Ó". However, to many self-declared "Ulster Scots" from nowadays' Northern Ireland, it is anathema that any of their folk may have spoken "the Gaelic" which (unfortunately instrumentalised in sectarian strife) to them is nowt but "Taig Talk", i.e. Catholic lingo. Those unfortunate people have been so brainwashed by anti-Gaelic anglo-centric propaganda of the "Loyalist" side, they hate what is part of their own cultural background: a considerable number of Scottish Covenanters who settled in Ulster as "planters" were from then Gaelic-speaking Galloway and the Carrick, to begin with. And the Gaelic dialects of those areas were as close to Irish as the Gaelic dialects of the Antrim Glens and Rathlin Island were to Scottish Gaelic. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682138096793926895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338318699173170470.post-45410621786873163832018-01-04T15:22:30.446-06:002018-01-04T15:22:30.446-06:00That is so interesting. I learned a lot from this ...That is so interesting. I learned a lot from this article. I guess I'm Scots=Irish. My Scottish ancestors fled to Ireland during proscription. Is that what Scots-Irish means?<br /><br />I'm sure you'll know. I'm also very Welsh with a little Viking blood thrown in from Gothenberg, Sweden and the rest of me is English and Hungarian. <br /><br />Anyway, I just discovered your page and will be interested to read your posts and articles about my ethnic heritage.<br /><br />MacGregor and Graham are my Clans<br /><br /><br />Karen LAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17978201725323458297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338318699173170470.post-37079570432341835312017-10-21T13:55:55.298-05:002017-10-21T13:55:55.298-05:00Your cultures are fascinating, just thinking, it w...Your cultures are fascinating, just thinking, it would be great if they could get Billy Mc Cartys DNA after readying alot of Billy Books, he got around quite a bit<br />and may still have some living relatives especially here in New Mexico, maybe Texas as well, but without the DNA we'll probably never know!!Jojo tamayo Ayohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06313402609543358010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338318699173170470.post-40874210263161178072016-07-15T10:11:59.325-05:002016-07-15T10:11:59.325-05:00Barry is surely correct. At the time Billy the Kid...Barry is surely correct. At the time Billy the Kid was growing up in rural Ireland many - maybe most - people would still have spoken Irish as their first language. Indeed there would have been a significant minority who were mono-lingual speakers of Gaelige. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488363918755094182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338318699173170470.post-10651072362317052922016-07-15T00:48:48.821-05:002016-07-15T00:48:48.821-05:00I think the point that the Gaelic cultures and lan...I think the point that the Gaelic cultures and languages were far less divergent in 1718 than they are in 2016 is being lost here. Billy the Kid was a Gael! That's the only important part!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02089066055666413888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338318699173170470.post-34179532861952360812016-07-14T21:42:50.693-05:002016-07-14T21:42:50.693-05:00It seems that coming over in the 1870 mary would s...It seems that coming over in the 1870 mary would speak english as the irish language was outlawed that that's why they had hedge schools long before the late 1800'srue da clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14088338412328541353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338318699173170470.post-4840405322936335542016-03-18T12:54:25.854-05:002016-03-18T12:54:25.854-05:00Frank, would have to disagree with you. He spoke ...Frank, would have to disagree with you. He spoke Gaeilge, acted as translator for a family from Cork. I have read some who suggest his family 'may' have been from Antrim, but have never been able to confirm that. I place no importance on his religion myself, many native Irish were Protestant. I work in the field and see quite a few native Irish Presbyterian families, especially in the Bann Valley (Antrim) and in the Lagan (Donegal). His surname native Irish and his language Gaeilge, and many Irish dance Highland dances. My own family Scots-Irish, but were Irish speaking when they migrated to the Colonies (1718). Not uncommon. <br /> Barry R McCainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12061685131254246076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338318699173170470.post-19676325855141621542016-02-21T01:05:12.695-06:002016-02-21T01:05:12.695-06:00Most likely Scottish or Scots-Irish not Irish. Mot...Most likely Scottish or Scots-Irish not Irish. Mother was married in a Presbyterian Church in Santa Fe not a Roman Catholic church and fought for an Englishman and a Scotsman(Presbyterian) in the Lincoln County War,against Irish Roman Catholics. His mothers favorite dance was the Highland Fling which is a Scottish dance not Irish.<br />Even one of his aliases Billy Bonney was a play on Bonny Scotland. Not Irish,not by a long shot!Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749965579027888319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2338318699173170470.post-40615060354157929042015-07-19T11:33:18.011-05:002015-07-19T11:33:18.011-05:00This is really interesting. I hope you don't m...This is really interesting. I hope you don't mind but I reblogged it to my gaelic blog: https://mobhloga.wordpress.com/2015/07/19/bha-gaidhlig-aig-bily-the-kid/<br />Tapadh leatAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168335108904617863noreply@blogger.com