Gaelic Guide: A Map of Facts
The Irish & Scottish Fingerprint A reference map of documented Irish and Scottish Gaelic connections across history, culture, power and identity Think about what the average American actually does. They wake up, get in their Ford and drive to McDonald's . They shake McCormick seasoning on their food. They grew up drinking chocolate milk — not knowing an Irish doctor invented it in Jamaica in the 1680s. They pour Jameson on the weekend or crack open a Guinness . The kids are watching Disney — an Irish family's company — and the cartoons were made by a studio where Mc, Mac and O' surnames have dominated the creator tier for sixty years. They flip on Fox News — a Scottish man's channel. The radio is playing Country Music — they think it's as American as it gets. They couldn't know it started as Scots-Irish fiddle music in Appalachia in the 1700s, fused with African rhythm, then had its Gaelic roots quietly erased. On the ...