Iberian characters in west-Ireland (incl. Connaught) : comunication [i.e. communication] presented at the XIV Congress of Medecine [i.e. Medicine] in Madrid, April, 1903 / by Richard John Anderson.

  • Anderson, Richard John, 1848-1914.
Date:
1904
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Credit: Iberian characters in west-Ireland (incl. Connaught) : comunication [i.e. communication] presented at the XIV Congress of Medecine [i.e. Medicine] in Madrid, April, 1903 / by Richard John Anderson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    In the Islands of Lettermullen and Garumna. Browne found the index of Nigrescence 16.66 amongst the Males 33.85 in Females. In boys 5.68 and in Girls 6.25. 39 out of 186 men were dark or blacit haired with light eyes, and 126 were light eyed with brown, fair, or red hair, there were 138 light eyed women out of 195 and 88 of these had brown hair, 12 light and 5 red, whilst 53 were dark or dark haired,6 black haired men and 5 black haired women had dark eyes. 68 out of S8 boys had light eyes, of these 39 had brown, 15 fair. 4 red hair, 10 only had dark hair. The girls showed 62 out of 80 with light eyes and of these 34 had brown hair, 16 fair and four red. 18 had dark hair and of these 5 had dark eyes. In Ballycroey Co. Mayo. The index of Nigrescence was 51 . 67 amongst men. and 63 . 75 amongst women. Boys 42 . 76 Girls 54 . 54 Here 119 men had light eyes out of 151, of these 56 had dark or black hair and 63 had brown or fair hair. There were eight with dark eyes. Amongst Females. 62 had light eyes out of 80, of these 33 had dark or blak hair and 29 brown, Fail’ or Red whilst 7 had dark or black eyes. Amongst Boys 31 had light eyes out of 35, and of these 14 were dark or black. Amongst girls 16 were light eyed out of 22 and 8 out of the 16 had dark hair, only three had dark eyes. It would seem that the race as represented by the inhabitants of Connaught is mixed. Iberian characters are still quite apparent in cer • tain districts, but the lighter blonde characters are conspicuous. Black hair with light or medium eyes which are regarded as Basque charac- ters are also to be noted. This seems to be of importance in summing up all the evidence that point to relationships of Ireland with the North- of Spain. Spanish Merchants and clergymen visited Ireland not unfrequently at an early period of Irish history and Irish Itinerants visited Spain on tours of educational observation. The shape of the churches and the build of the old houses of Galway seem to support this evidence, and the bells and their mode of use seem also to point Early Iberian in- fluences. There are also some names to be found in the old records that form shadowy links between Connaught and Iberia. The city of Galway is regarded as the place that has yielded least