Originally Posted by
Tartan Jock
A good rule of thumb (though not an absolute one) is that if someone claims Irish heritage but their family has always been Protestant (as opposed to Catholic), they may be Ulster-Scots, especially if their family was originally Presbyterian. The real Irish tend to be Catholics.
Mine are one of those "not absolutes" 
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Somewhere along the way (prior to 1550) my real native-Irish O'More's/Moore's became Protestant.
[SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]"Ah, here comes the Bold Highlander. No @rse in his breeks but too proud to tug his forelock..." Rob Roy (1995)[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
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