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A BRIEF HISTORY of the Human Colonisation of Ireland and Scotland

Each Irish and Scottish Origenes Y-DNA Case Study completed over the last 12 years has a pinpointed origin for their paternal ancestor within Ireland or Scotland (Irish example

New 'What's in a Name?' Map (April 2024)

When one translates the 'original' Gaelic Irish surnames (see NEW Gaelic Ireland map click here

Its Complicated! New 'Holland' Y-DNA Case Study April 2024

The latest ‘HOLLAND’ Irish Origenes Y-DNA Case Study can be studied by

NEW Gaelic Ireland Map (Nov 2023)

The GAELIC WORLD of Ireland had survived and thrived after the Viking and Norman conquests.

Re-Writing History!

My first talk since Covid was given at the end of March 2023 at Kihleeshil and Clonaneese Historical Societies Community Centre in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland!

What’s in a name?

How the Wigtownshire ‘Campbells’ of Southwest Scotland became the Scots Irish ‘Gambles’ (April 2023).

The DNA of the Giants of Mid Ulster (Jan 2023)

The story of the famous 18th Century Irish giant known as 'Charles Byrne' has been in the news recently.

No DNA? No problem! (Oct 2022)

Research at Irish Origenes has revealed that about 15% of Irish surnames are exclusive to a single location within Ireland.

Pinpointing Patrick Duffy's (Dallas fame) Irish Origin

Patrick Duffy Kilmovee, County Mayo July 2022One of my enduring memories of growing up in the 1980’s in Ballymun in Dublin, Ireland was the theme tune from the TV programme ‘Dallas’ (in Dublin we had 4 TV channels, reduced to 2 i

How our DNA is rewriting the history of Ulster

Irish Origenes Plantation Surnames of IrelandIntroduction (May 2022)

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