INISHOWEN?
I finally got around to getting Tyrone Bowes Ph.D a genetic researcher in Ireland to do an appraisal for me. He runs a few sites with Irish Origenes the main site for Ireland.
His first quick reply confirmed a lot of what I already knew but was good to read over his site again. I had emailed him about doing this in 2017 but that was a more expensive report. This one here is a cheaper sample of what he does. I’m not sure again whether I’ll order the next step report.
Hi Peter,
Took a look at the Y-DNA, you carry the R-M222 marker, I’ve done many Irish and Scots R-M222 Case Studies and I have summarised the results, read these blogs in this order click here, then here and finally here. The question becomes; where did your paternal ancestors settle in Scotland and when did they return (Gallowglass or Plantation)?
regards
Tyrone
The report then arrived this morning in pdf form. Broken up lower in the page and a link here
This is a comparison with all the other people I match at FTDNA under the Family Finder Autosomal test. It shows that most of the matches I have are mostly in Ireland. This would be due to 12 out of 16 of my great great grandparents were Irish. I think the German matches here are probably British. Besides Ireland and the UK, the rest of the matches seem to be a bit meaningless. This data is only as good as what the participants put in their profiles and I won’t rely on it for anything significant.
The Munster hotspots for me make a lot of sense as most of my mother’s side were from Dingle. My father’s side has a lot of Wexford (Corkish) and Cork as well. The Donegal would represent early McIntyre DNA as I don’t really have any other northern Ulster names in the family. I do have ancestors from many counties, Offaly, Cork, Kerry, Clare, Wexford, Limerick, Dublin, but haven’t found any further north than Offaly.
Not surprising to see a little bit of everywhere showing up in this table.
This is what interests me more. I gave them my top 8 Irish names and this shows where those names are most likely to be found in Ireland. I’m particularly keen to find where my Elizabeth Cummins who married my ggg grandfather James McIntire in Banagher 1818 came from. There were some Cummins in Banagher I just have to nail down the right ones. The Egans also married into the McEntyre family in Dublin 1851 and I think they were living with my Offaly McIntyres before moving. There is a cluster of both right there in Offaly. Egans are everywhere though. Split in easier to read halves below.
The McIntyres of Ireland page is still growing and we had a new member I found on Ancestry through a DNA match to a Daniel McIntyre who was born in Gallen Offaly in 1808.
I had come across this name before on other sites and the old rootsweb mailing list. I always thought he must be a part of our family but could never find any paper evidence. Now we have DNA that proves he is one of ours.
Only took 20 plus years. Will dedicate another post about him soon.
Reply after report was recieved.
Hi Peter,
Did you read the blogs on M222? You match others named McIntrye (or spelling variants thereof) plus Gillespie. The Gillespies link you back to Inishowen (the heartland of the M222 males, Gillespies can be seen on northeast Inishowen on the Irish surnames map). BUT McIntyre is not associated with Inishowen, that means that your paternal ancestor left Inishowen and took the McIntyre surname in the location he settled. As Catholics it rules out a Planter origin within Galloway in Southwest Scotland (*where one finds M222 Gillespies and McIntyres). So where in Ireland?? I did some analysis and there is an area in Ireland that emerges. If you want to proceed with this Y-DNA analysis I’d recommend the Membership option. That’s where I guide you through the analysis over 2 – 3 days via email (I’ll also post copies of the Irish maps to you). You can if you wish use this link to become a member.
regards
Tyrone