It's even madder than that. Irish people didn't own slaves. They were slaves themselves. So either the name is passed on from breeding or from association.
The name itself it Tir Eoin (Eoin's Land) and is the name of a King.
Literally Tyrone is a "We Wuz Kangs" name - just the potato kind.
That I didn't know. Plastic paddy myself half irish decent my ancestors came over during the famine as far as I know. Had ancestors in every war but vietnam and the gulf.
It's even madder than that. Irish people didn't own slaves. They were slaves themselves. So either the name is passed on from breeding or from association.
The name itself it Tir Eoin (Eoin's Land) and is the name of a King.
Literally Tyrone is a "We Wuz Kangs" name - just the potato kind.
That I didn't know. Plastic paddy myself half irish decent my ancestors came over during the famine as far as I know. Had ancestors in every war but vietnam and the gulf.