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From: Joan Earnshaw <>
Subject: Re: [IA-IRISH] In case you think you are on the wrong list...
Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 14:13:47 -0700
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Continuing warfare and conflict from hundreds of years ago is insane.
Plus why should your opinion of someone else's ancesters matter more
than their opinion. I hope the listmom tells you that these lists are
for genealogy, not rudeness.
Joan Earnshaw
PS. If you want to reply to me---Do so OFFLIST

Bernie wrote:

>My dear one living in the past. THESE ARE NOT IRISH. THESE WERE THE
>CONQUERORS. GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT AND FORGET YOUR SILLY OBSESSION THAT THESE
>KILLERS AND USERS MAKE YOU IMPORTANT IN SOME WAY. GET A LIFE MAD AM.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 2:36 PM
>Subject: [IA-IRISH] In case you think you are on the wrong list...
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Bernie" <>
>>To: <>
>>Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 1:42 PM
>>Subject: Re: [IA-IRISH] Bio of Jefferson Scott Polk
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>>: THESE PEOPLE WERE NOT IRISH AT ALL. THEY WERE ENGLISH OCCUPIERS OF
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>IRELAND,
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>>: PERIOD. SCOTTS, POLLOCKS, SERVING UNDER THE DIRTY ROTTEN MURDERER
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>CROMWELL.
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>>: I WOULD ONLY BE ASHAMED OF ANY CONNECTION TO THIS KILLER OF WOMEN
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>CHILDREN
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>>: AND DEFENSELESS.
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>>"The sins of the father are not the sins of the sons".
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>>This list, sir, is for the study of Irish in Iowa. It is not the "rant and
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>rave
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>>against what the English or (Joynts you once knew) did in the past list."
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>We
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>>help each other out here. We don't go on wild tirades that insult anyone
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>whose
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>>background in Ireland was different that ours.
>>I don't believe there was any mention when you signed on to this list that
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>your
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>>ancestors must be saints, of any particular religion, from any particular
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>county
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>>in Ireland or of any particular political persuasion.
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>>As for myself, my roots are not English...they lie with the Roman
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>Catholics of
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>>Ireland...the McNallys of Mayo...the Brennans of Roscommon, the Walshes
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>and
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>>Herons of Kilkenny and the McDermotts and Joynts of Galway. My Joynts
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>probably
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>>started out in France as Huguenots, and, after suffering under the hands
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>of the
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>>Catholics in France in the 1600s, then emigrated to Ireland and ended up
>>marrying a Roman Catholic. All came to Iowa at one point or another in
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>their
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>>lives and most became humble farmers who, thankfully, taught me tolerance
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>of
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>>others. They taught me to love, not to hate...to learn not remain
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>ignorant...to
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>>help not be a hindrance...kind of a "do unto others..." philosophy.
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>>Should you, sir, wish to constructively contibute anything to this list
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>that we
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>>may all learn from or should you wish to remain to expand your mind, we
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>shall
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>>welcome you with open arms. Should you, however, wish to continue to
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>insult
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>>persons on this list you shall be removed with the next tirade.
>>
>>Cathy Joynt Labath
>>Irish in Iowa
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