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[Meggers]

Politics is a 'go go' area for this forum, and you have picked a real hot potato subject. However, you seem to be answering the question yourself.

You feel drawn to the Derry side of your inheritance, and the tartan, so I would say go for it - but wear it out of regard for the people who made up your family rather than what you believe anyone else might think, or what anyone has done for that matter.

I would say check carefully first though.

I used to know someone who declared themselves to be descended from a famous rebel, the family had been in exile for decades for fear of reprisal, who sang the songs and lamented the land - only to discover that the red hair was nothing to do with Ireland, it was inherited from a East coast herring packer with a Scandinavian father who had adopted the English surname sounding closest to her foreign one.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

Thank you, Pleater I think I will get the Derry first. Its natural to feel more drawn to one thing over another and my family is really proud of our Cork heritage and probably dont know a lot about our Londonderry heritage. If I sported Londonderry, they would be like "why arent you wearing Cork?" which is another contributing factor...I grew up hearing about Cork...I never heard about Derry until this week.

But for some reason, Derry attracts me more. I will just go with Derry I think and save Cork for another time.

As for checking for accuracy of where we are from, I definitely know 100% that my Kanes are Derry Kanes. Got it on death records Im so glad my family hung onto those. Saved me a LOT of research.