Irish Catholics in the American Revolution
I wonder does anyone have any knowledge about this? I heard there was a small percentage of Irish Catholics in the colonies. There were some in Maryland because of it's origins as a Catholic colony.
Here is an article
This article shows that there were many Irish names among the revolution soldiers. However I know that there were Ulster Presbyterians with Irish names too. I have researched all the common Ulster Irish names and all of them were present among Ulster Presbyterians in America. This was obviously because of some Catholic's converting post plantation.
Here are some examples of this.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10755133/george-daugherty_doherty
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68113757/peter-o'neal
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5085104/william-mcguire
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15830200/darius_b-o'neil
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22154355/john-donnell
I have found a few Irish Catholic soldier graves such as
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136997229/patrick-cassidy