 It was with great pleasure that I gave a talk to the Coleraine Branch of the North of Ireland Family History Society (www.nifhs.org/
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 About 1 in every 100 people in Ireland is called Murphy.
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- May 2015: Pinpointing you Kelly origins at the Kelly Clan Gathering (to be confirmed)
- January 17th 2015: Fermanagh Family History Society (contact fermanaghfhs@btinternet.com).
- October 2014: Genetic Genealogy Ireland, Back to Our Past, RDS, Dublin Ireland.
- 24th-27th September 2014: 'Genetic Genealogy' at the 'Route Back Home Event,' Ballymoney Museum, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (contact: museum@ballymoney.gov.uk)
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 On Saturday 19th of October I gave a presentation at the Genetic Genealogy Ireland 2013 event at the RDS in Dublin, Ireland.
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 It was a pleasure to present at the Biotechnology Irelands ‘Flesh and Blood, Genetics meets Genealogy’ networking event in Dublin.
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 Firstly I’d like to thank Mr Henry for allowing me to share his Y-DNA Case Study Report. This study is interesting for a number of reasons.
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In 2010 I discovered that the surnames of the people with who I shared a common male ancestor as revealed by a Y-DNA were all associated with County Laois in Ireland and that my paternal 'Bowes' ancestors originate there, subsequent Y-DNA testing of people called Bowe(s) living in Laois confirmed my ancestral ties to that area. This was a surprise to me as I had always assumed that my ancestors (given my very English surname) were English. So began my research to demonstrate that Y-DNA testing could be used to pinpoint other people's paternal geographical origin.
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 Kelly is the second most common surname in Ireland. Yet the original Gaelic ‘meaning’ of Kelly remains a mystery.
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