Yola people

Baronies of Forth and Bargy in County Wexford, Ireland

The Yola people, historically known as Forth and Bargy people or Forthers,^[1] were an ethnic group that formed in the baronies of Forth and Bargy in County Wexford after the Norman invasion of Ireland at Bannow Bay in 1169. They were descendants of the original Norman invaders and hence they were distinct from the rest of Ireland in their customs, manners and appearance. As time progressed, the Yola people became mixed with the diverse medieval ethnic mix which colonized County Wexford, including French, Norman, Danish, Welsh, English, Irish, Flemish and the original Old Norse settlers who colonized the area prior to the invasion.

^ Poole, Jacob (1867). "Glossary of the Dialect". In Barnes, William (ed.). A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland. London: John Russell Smith. pp. 27–28. Retrieved 28 April 2022 – via Internet Archive. A lawful form from bren, to burn, but I know it not in another Teutonic speech. It is a good word. Did the Forthers make it?

[1] Poole, Jacob (1867). "Glossary of the Dialect". In Barnes, William (ed.). A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland. London: John Russell Smith. pp. 27–28. Retrieved 28 April 2022 – via Internet Archive. A lawful form from bren, to burn, but I know it not in another Teutonic speech. It is a good word. Did the Forthers make it?

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