Every American war effort saw a great migration of Irish to America,
especially the War for Independence against the British. When I was In
Ireland many years ago, I learned that the lower 26 counties of Ireland
were predominantly Catholic but the population was still mixed. The
Catholic's and Protestants really had no problems existing together. It
was like it is in America except more Protestants here than Catholics.
As far as the problems in the Northern Provinces of Ireland, it is not
so much Protestant against Catholic but the British influence. But then
again that is a subject better left alone and away from this list.
Roger
-----Original Message-----
From: Lindy1(a)AOL.COM [mailto:Lindy1@AOL.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 9:52 AM
To: CASEY-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CASEY-L] Casey
Oh John, that's hysterical about TatieBelle!
I have a bunch of Connecticut Caseys and was always told that the Caseys
that
came over before the potato famine were usually Protestant and the
Potato
Famine Caseys were usually Catholic. Don't know if that is true but mine
are
certainly P. and they came over before 1805. (The famine was 1845-50)
I have a William Byron Casey (1815-1870) and a William Chandler Casey
(b.
1838 New York).
Lindy
In a message dated 11/12/03 5:31:42 AM Pacific Standard Time,
Tatiebelle(a)aol.com writes:
Hello to all:
Somewhere I seem to remember that an old spelling in Ireland was
"Caseigh"
and the report said it meant 'agreeable'. My research has stonewalled
at my
GGGF, William Casey in central WV. There was a Pittsburgh connection
but my
GGF
left after a massive tiff with a high church official. That apears to
have
been
where this branch became Protestant!
By the way, the internet address is the cat's name! AOL refused name
after
name until the cat came in and I tried using her name in a fit of
exasperation!
AOL "took" that without a ripple! THEY WOULD!
John Casey
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"Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse
while all the others were making ships."
Charles Simic
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