Irish Boxing

That's not what I am saying and not what I believe. The Irish emigrated in mass numbers because they ran out of potatoes in the 1800s.

But the numbers of the two sets of immigrants is not as wide as many believe.

Almost 4% of the US appear to have Welsh names. Many of them have Welsh ancestry and don't know it. A lot of "Irish Americans" are probably Welsh but they've probably never heard of Wales.

 

I was in new York last year and some birs says to me "Im Irish too my name is Evans" I just looked at her and shook my head, so I suppose there is truth in what your saying jdw !

But if you look at all the Champs about 100 years ago a lot of them had Irish names if not most of that there is no doubt !

 

The trouble with the Welsh is that they integrate too easily. They disappear into a populace and forget their roots. This is unlike the Italians and the Irish (for example).

It is for this reason that when the Welsh wanted to found a New Wales in the 1800s they chose to go somewhere uninhabited. They knew if they went to North America they would disappear into the general populace. They needed to be by themselves if the Welsh language and culture were to survive.

That is why they went to Patagonia in Argentina. And people still speak Welsh in Patagonia to this day.

 

Foreman and Tyson are common enough names here, Moorser.
You need to get out more.
Surely ypu heard of Donal Foreman the film-maker, Eoin 'Bomber' Liston the Kerry GAA player etc etc :thumbsup

I am Irish myself too. (Obviously given the apalling misbehaviour of my fellow Irish citizens , and given what they have done with this country, its not something I'm proud of.....but I am Irish). :dead

 

Im a postman mate so I come across lots of different surnames, only ever seen one Tyson in my life in Ireland and never Foreman.

 

You're bound to be fairly fit so.:thumbsup How are you with dogs?

Seriously- lots of people are called Foreman here!

 

According to this site there are hardly any Tysons living in Ireland. 82, to be precise. There are more in Wales - 293.

There are 5,300 in england, which is by far he most of the Old World countries. Only America has more.


Tyson is therefore an English name.


http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/tyson#nations2014

 

Foreman is an English word! How can it be an Irish name?


Sure, there might be people in Ireland called Foreman. There are also people in Ireland called Smith and Jones. But they aren't Irish names.

 

I'm with you on this.

 

I thought us Len's stuck together Slap!
...the blind leading the blind..I give up :hi:

 

Onto more productive topics - anybody know Cork welter Noel Murphy?

Formerly with Macroom BC. Red-headed southpaw.

He's gone pro with DiBella in NY. Managed by a Kevin Crowley (another common Irish name by the way....)

 

Isn't he a cousin of Gary Hyde's?

 

Fit as a fiddle, but when your a postie in Ballymun you soon get a hatred for dogs faorly quick

 

Dunno ...

 

Ireland has 4 lads into European Junior semis, think Russia arnt there though as its in Ukraine .