[Grislygus]

Lol, this was in the early 1900s, not the 1600s


But yeah, my favorite part of the family telling of it is that all older members of the branch still living in Scotland consider it a maddening injustice that the two men were forced to flee Ireland, and couldn't even "return for their own mother's funeral".

Despite the fact that, you know, they totally got away with murder. Which is awesome cred for the bloodline, I admit. I never pushed the matter, but I am certain that the unspoken conclusion is, was, and always has been that they should have been able to remain in Ireland as well as get away with it, since the victim was English and therefore obviously had it coming.


It is possible that the murder occurred in the tumultuous year of 1920, and was therefore an act of patriotism. With that being said, I always felt that it probably happened at an earlier or later date and just involved them being embittered IRA members who were simply drunk as hell