Eire

Ireland - we believe this country to be the home of our forefathers. Today Chris and I were digging around the web, connected between Canada and Mexico via Skype, looking for other examples of our family crest. AS Chris pointed out, in just a couple of years the amount of family history information available has grown massively. And we came across some cool stuff.

You can see a large version of our crest at www.rileyfamily.ca. And there is a link on the page to some information concerning the legend of the red/pink hand, shown dripping blood, bracketed by regal lions. Part of the legend concerns the origins of Ulster,and that made me wonder: what and where exactly is Ulster? I started rooting around again, and what I dug up is truly fascinating.

You can check out more about Ulster, the northern provinces of Ireland, by following this link to Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia.