tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post259643874419065899..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: Best of times... (1)Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-18004045695981342512010-03-12T08:06:48.946-08:002010-03-12T08:06:48.946-08:00Its amazing how many Irish in Galway have raven bl...Its amazing how many Irish in Galway have raven black hair. I've been told, but I don't know for sure, that they are descendants of Spanish sailors who washed up after the Armada went down.Dr. Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-57327158700673228652010-03-12T12:29:38.181-08:002010-03-12T12:29:38.181-08:00Galway's the only part of Ireland I've eve...Galway's the only part of Ireland I've ever been to (geophysical field trip many years back) and certianly I recall seeing a number of ladies there with that beautiful phenotype of black hair and blue eyes. The Armada story comes and goes; a few years back I recall someone finding DNA evidence for it (typically Spanish DNA remnants around West of Ireland ports), but more recently I think that's been somewhat debunked by evidence for an earlier Iberian settlement to the West of Ireland (naturally focusing on ports).Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-43728026022046376052010-03-12T18:42:54.680-08:002010-03-12T18:42:54.680-08:00Of course they could have come from "Brazil&q...Of course they could have come from "<a href="http://www.fantompowa.net/Flame/brazil.htm" rel="nofollow">Brazil</a>"!!Dr. Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-46393068707480406732010-03-13T04:45:56.654-08:002010-03-13T04:45:56.654-08:00There's probably some train of connections the...There's probably some train of connections there. Shortly after writing it I recalled <a href="http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews38/boys%20from%20brazil%20blu-ray/800%20eyes3.jpg" rel="nofollow">The Boys from Brazil</a>. And there was <a href="http://thetotalrecall.blogspot.com/2007/12/ultimate-badasses-gaff-blade-runner.html" rel="nofollow">Gaff</a> in <i>Blade Runner</i>, but I think the intention there was to show the eclectic racial mixing in that future.Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.com