"John of Aix" <j.murphyNOSPAM@libertysurf.fr> wrote in message news:<bg9f9e$kfdnf$4@ID-157326.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> "flora macdonald" <msflora99@yahoo.com> a $(D??(Bcrit dans le message de
> news: b87d8d25.0307300944.193ce80e@posting.google.com...
> > "John of Aix" <j.murphyNOSPAM@libertysurf.fr> wrote in message
>  news:<bg6jiv$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.
> 
> I always thought that 'Mac/Mc' was a purely Scots prefix, O' in
> Ireland.

Yes, but as I already explained, the Scots came from Ireland which was
called Scotia in medieval times. They displaced the Picts from
Caledonia (Roman Name) and it was eventually renamed Scotland.

Flora