Show us your roots!

[Pat Mustard]

Probably referring to being Protestants in the Southern part of Ireland, which has been mainly Catholic..since...well...forever.

Yeah, I gathered that. I suspect there was something more than the usual hate going on there, Grandpa said they literally walked out of their homes after midnight, each carrying one suitcase and were on the ship before dawn. 

Of course, there's always "the tale grew in the telling." 

No, wait, an Oirish talking bullshit? That NEVER happens.

The Bantry McGawdzillas or the Kanturk ones? But in all seriousness West Cork was a hell hole for protestants during the War of Independence, and especially in the Civil War afterwards. It had more than its fair share of psychos taking part.

PS not that protestants were treated well everywhere else, they quite often weren't, unless they were known supporters of the IRA and Sinn Fein. But West Cork was baaaaaaaad.