 The Plantation Surnames of Ireland (Scots-Irish) Map is now available to purchase (click here).
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 (Updated December 2021) The surname ‘O'Brien’ literally means 'descendant of Brian,' the most notable ‘Brian’ in Irish history being the High King of Ireland ‘Brian Boru.’ Brian Bor
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 The beauty with the DNA approach to researching one’s ancestral origin is that the DNA does not lie!
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 Its not everyday that you get to meet someone with whom you share a common male ancestor from approximately 1000 years ago. The accompanying picture is of Joe Dooley (right) and I (Dr Tyrone Bowes) and our commer
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THE DATABASES ARE FREE TO BROWSE
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UPDATED APRIL 2020. Approximately 66% of the present population of the Island of Ireland are descendants of ‘Native Irish Gaels' who were themselves a fusion of prehistoric and Celtic peoples who occupied the Island virtually uninterrupted until the Vikings arrived in 795 AD.
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