"John of Aix" <j.murphyNOSPAM@libertysurf.fr> wrote in message news:<bg6jiv$l0ma0$32@ID-157326.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> "flora macdonald" <msflora99@yahoo.com> a $(D??(Bcrit dans le message de
> news: b87d8d25.0307282138.456f5895@posting.google.com...
> 
> > About 2 years ago, the British Embassy in Dublin reported that there
> > are ca a half-million British passport- holders in the Republic of
> > Ireland. I am one of them. The total population of the State is
>  about
> > 3.5 million.
> 
> Well it was question of Northern Ireland but the fact is interesting
> and I'm glad to find it. I'm a bit surprised that they let the Brits
> in after all they did do them but hey, the itish don't hold grudges
> 
> > Apologies for my bad French
> 
> No need. I doubt if such terms are taught at school.
> 
> Is you name really Flora MacDonald? A great Scots name

Yes, you may see on another thread that we come from Dal Riada in Co
Antrim,
(MacDounhaill) in medieval times when Ireland was called Scotia. We
Scots from Co Antrim invaded Pictish Caledonia and changed its name to
Scotland.

Flora