To rid the island of the heathen, the Governor brother and his Cromwell King shipped thousands of men - and even more women and children - to markets of the West Indian.

One slaver, wanting only daughters, got a letter from Henry of the Uprighte Harte:

"I think it mighte be of like advantage to your affaires there, and to ours heer, if you should thinke fitt we sende 2,000 young boys from 12 to 14 to the place aforementioned. We could well spare them..."

Did they die on the cruel passage on the middle seas? Did they survive the fevers of New World disease? Did they marry their traditions to Black Africans? Creating the Voodoo of unknown origins?

Was Gaelic really spoken by 19th century Caribbeans? Can you comprehend words with Irish tinge in today's Jamaican?

The search for answers goes through jungles. The paths are overgrown. Truth may never be known.

What happened to the tribesmen of Ireland?