 When the Normans arrived in Ireland in 1169 AD they brought with them their followers from England, Wales, and even continental Europe.
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 I recently wrote a short article on the Castles of Kilkenny for the exciting new freely accessible on-line Genealogy magazine called Irish Lives remembered.
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 County Cork in the southwest of Ireland was effective conquered and settled by the Normans, and their English, Welsh and Flemish allies.
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 This map (click to enlarge) shows the location where farmers with surnames of Gaelic origin clustered in County Cork in Ireland in 1911.
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 Dunore or Donore (the brown coloured fort) Castle is a 3 storey tower-house situated near the river Boyne in the south west corner of County Meath close to the Westmeath, Kildare and Offaly borders.
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To explain how DNA can shed light on one’s Irish ancestry requires a brief reminder of a crucial biological event. This event is the moment of conception, the point at which we receive half of our DNA in the form of chromosomes from each parent.
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 No matter where you are in Ireland I have estimated that you are no more than 4 kilometers from a castle, tower house, or plant
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