http://www.ultach.dsl.pipex.com/ForLear ... eakers.pdf

Some interesting material on the dynamics between religious communities during the bi-lingual era

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An jab, Jay Bee. Great info!

Some of that is coming to life again in Northern Ireland, as some Protestants are discovering that their ancestors spoke Irish.

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I read as well , cant find the source now, that a good portion of settlers had come from the Galloway region which was also Gaelic speaking at the time of the plantations. And another, far smaller group, from the Isle of man.

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And a lot of people in the South Down/North Antrim area seem to have converted of their own accord and before the Reformation in Britain, which suggests a culture variant with the rest of Ireland

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