Re: [Bann Valley] Diamond, Dillon, & Hegarty Families of Garvagh & Coleraine

["Lynn" <properties@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know that you can trace to the Druids?  Anyone else know?
Some of the Catholic Irish converted to the Church of Ireland when Cromwell 
(in the 1640's) invaded to maintain what rights they might have.
Some of those that converted changed their name somewhat to reflect the 
difference in Catholic and Protestant.
Does anyone have a copy of the Converts Roll - although I know that not all 
people were listed?
I have not found the Diamond name or anything similar in the Annals of 
Ulster, Annals of the 4 Masters or other historic readings.
Good luck with your search.
Lynn

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Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Bann Valley] Diamond, Dillon, & Hegarty Families of Garvagh & 
Coleraine


Linde,

To tell you the truth, I am just starting to research the Diamonds but I do 
know mine were Catholic. The Rev. Bernard H. Diamond who was my 
great-granny's cousin was a Catholic Monsignor who ended up being the 
Vicar-General of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, Texas where he died in 
1941. My great-grandmother married Catholic and educated her only child my 
grandmother in the Catholic manner. There is a strong possibility that those 
Presbyterian Hegartys in Garvagh you refer to are kin to me, so I will be 
looking into that. I would very much like to have those emails for future 
reference as I go back in time so to speak with my family. I knew to a 
certain extent about the Diamonds being herenachs or Airchinneach as I 
believe it is spelled in Irish. I do not know of any male line descended 
Diamond relatives that are living in this country to test, but that DNA 
project sounds enticing. Who would have know that I might descend from 
Nordic Brahmans/Druids, for the lack of a better word. I thank everyone on 
this list who have gone out of their way to assist me. I respect each and 
every one of you for the incite that you have brought to my research.


                      Thankfully,
                         Jeff



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