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Belfast Telegraph
3 days ago
- Politics
- Belfast Telegraph
NI village 'buzzing' at potential link to US Vice President who hailed his 'Scots-Irish hillbilly' heritage
The US Vice President has declared himself a 'Scots-Irish hillbilly at heart' – and now historians are scrambling to prove a link with the village of Coagh, writes Mark Bain To watch an episode of Who Do You Think You Are? is to be taken on a journey down strange and unexpected paths through a family history. You never know where it might lead. Should US Vice President JD Vance ever sit down with the experts, he has already indicated he expects he will travel through time and land on the shores of Ireland.
Belfast Telegraph
3 days ago
- Politics
- Belfast Telegraph
The Vance name echoes throughout Co Tyrone... but does history tell us it leads to the White House?
The US Vice President has declared himself a 'Scots-Irish hillbilly at heart' – and now historians are scrambling to prove a link with the village of Coagh, writes Mark Bain To watch an episode of Who Do You Think You Are? is to be taken on a journey down strange and unexpected paths through a family history. You never know where it might lead. Should US Vice President JD Vance ever sit down with the experts, he has already indicated he expects he will travel through time and land on the shores of Ireland.
