[Marxism] (fwd) White supremacists target middle America

[Ruthless Critic of All that Exists]

On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 5:20 PM, S. Artesian <sartesian at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Ever hear of the "black Irish," thought to be descended from surviors of the
> Spanish Armada?

That's a myth.

"The term 'Black Irish' is also sometimes accompanied by claims
suggesting these physical traits to be the result of an Iberian
admixture originating with survivors of the Spanish Armada. However,
the genetic contributions of the latter are likely to have been
insignificant, as most Armada survivors were killed on the beaches,
and many of the remnants eventually escaped from Ireland. Some believe
that a group of Spanish soldiers ended up serving as armed retainers
to the Irish chiefs Brian O'Rourke, Sorley Boy MacDonnell, and Hugh
O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone. Consequently, these soldiers may have
lived in Ireland long enough to father children, but did not
constitute a very large number. The genetic evidence is that the
survivors of the Spanish Armada probably left no legacy, as the Irish
have only minute amounts of Neolithic Near Eastern Y chromosome
genetic markers such as E3b and J, both of which are present in low,
but significant, levels throughout Spain (with the exception of the
Basque Country).

"The first clear evidence of human habitation in Ireland has been
carbon dated to circa 7000 B.C.[4] Written records authenticating the
existence of primordial peoples have yet to be discovered, but
legends, such as those described in the Book of Invasions, refer to a
number of historical ethnic groups, including the Fomorians,
Nemedians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha Dé Danann, and Milesians. Despite the lack
of empirical data linking them to the Irish, one or more of these
cohorts have been acknowledged in previous and current ancestral
studies, such as Dennis O'Mullally's History of O'Mullally and Lally
Clan, or The history of an Irish family through the ages entertwined
with that of the Irish nation,[5] wherein the author mentions the Fir
Bolg as "the aboriginal people of Ireland, smaller in stature than the
Gaels, with jet-black hair and dark eyes, contrasting with unusually
white skin." Such observations lack scientific backing, but recent
advances in genetics continue to offer more clues."

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Irish>