a time ago,(more than a year, less than 2) at a sad time, we had a poster, who posted a link to a virgina college.. where there was an oghram slab, about a buffulo hunt... (she became annoyed at goings on here, best left untalked about, and deleted all of her post.)-and it was apparently dated to the year 1100 or so...

in any case, there is some evidence that irish monks came to the americas, not to 'discover' and colonize them, but to convert them.. and finding an oghram carving in virginga, seems to hint it might have happened...more than once!

if one or two of these missionaries, had a scant (there used it!) knowledge of latin or greek, he might have named the potomac... many indean names were distorted to fit into english sounding words.. so my idea could be off the wall..

does anyone else remember the thread? or did any one save the url? (i think this was all below the fold..




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