28 Mar 10
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Originally posted by robbie carrobieI wish I knew my Irish name. We're Bensons, which I think is technically English.
what are you talking about? It was the nobility that sold us down the swanny without a paddle, that is why we were shipped off in droves, from farms and villages where we had lived for generations to make way for more profitable sheep farming. You may traverse the highlands to this day and the little houses and villages are still extant and deserte ...[text shortened]... ations ago, my mother bearing the name MacGregor, a name not to be taken upon the lips, lightly!
http://www.libraryireland.com/AnglicisedSurnames/Benson.php
29 Mar 10
The post that was quoted here has been removedWho can tell whether we are sons of the Norse sea raiders, Celts, Angles, Saxons, Danes or Normans? The Kingdom of Strathclyde once ran from Glasgow to the North of Wales and after the Normans pushed the Saxons north they entered Northern England and lowland Scotland, the vestiges of which are still seen in the language to this day. If his surname has been Anglicised then has he not every right to a claim of Celtic heritage and even if it is not, we welcome him as one of our own, an honorary Celt, for we are not ones to balk at technicalities 🙂
