Have you ever wondered why you are drawn to one thing or another.......
Maybe it is in your history or deeply seeded in your blood? I have been told many stories about my forefather's (a lost tradition now a days). I have a very proud daughter, that has a strong intrigue about her roots, I have been putting this together for a little while. Hope you all enjoy.
Videos have no real connection directly, much that is in them and in the music stirs something deep in my core, and puts a bit of a visual on my history.
I am "Ó Cearbhaill"!
It was said that this was the name used to put fear in the enemy.
My WarCry is "in Fide et in Bello Fortis" is Latin and translates to: "Strength in both Faith and War."
Cearbhall is pronounced as KER-VahL or KIH-ERVahL †. Cearbhall is largely used in the English and Irish languages, and it is derived from Celtic origins. It is derived from the element 'cearbh' which means hacking. The name is of obscure origin; it could have originated as a nickname for a violent warrior. It was rather popular in medieval Ireland, and was well used among the learned bardic family Ó Dálaigh, who first came to prominence in the early 12th century. Anglicized forms include Carroll and Charles.
Lord Ely who helped King "Brian" Boru lead the Irish to victory over the Danes at "The Battle of Clontarf" in 1014. My name "Brian" was given to me in honor of that friendship, as was my father carries the name "Boru".
My father........
He is "The Butcher"
My kinsmen carried this motto with them out of slavery, to the land of the free only to find themselves, not very welcomed (putting it mildly). However thew "True Grit" a few took part in changing the world forever......
Charles (my oldest uncles name) the grandson of one, even became the only Catholic signer of a great document that carries the word's "We the people". Another, "Daniel" (another uncles name) was a politician and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a prominent member of one of the United States' great colonial Catholic families, whose members included his younger brother Archbishop "John" (my youngest uncle name RIP), the first Catholic bishop in the United States and founder of Georgetown University; Daniel was one of only five men to sign both the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution of the United States.
"Bona na Croinn" or Neither Collar nor crown. the broken crown represents the Irish rebellion against the english crown. the broken collar represents freedom and can also be interpreted as an anti-slavery symbol...yes the irish were slaves.
However my family tree could not have been all filled with Warriors and Fighters. There had to of been a couple of lover's there too. As the sounds of this arrangement of music, brings back the reality that I have always been a sucker once a woman shows up! Hahhahhahhahh
Oh and the coach of, one of the teams in "The Big Show" today bares my name......
No relation but I have referred to him as "Uncle Pete" from back when, he was coaching collage ball, now he coaches the team from my home state in a city I moved to the day after I graduated High School.