I have no expert knowledge of any of this. I only know what I read and sometimes pass things along that may be of interest to some. I am open to the idea that M222 is a La Tène marker as Jean Manco proposes: http://www.buildinghistory.org/distantpast/celtictribes.shtml, and Dál Fiatach is the first stop in Ireland from northern Scotland. My main recollection of both of the items quoted below (about the Ó hEochaidh and Mac an Ultaigh) is from the book entitled "An historical account of the diocese of Down and Connor, ancient and modern" by the Rev. James O'Laverty, 1878. The old diocese are basically the old local kingdom, from what I understand. The diocese of Down was Dál Fiatach. The full book is here as a PDF: http://books.google.com/books/about/An_historical_account_of_the_diocese_of. html?id=QukHAAAAQAAJ The Ó hEochaidh quote is online at: http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/james-olaverty/an-historical-account-o f-the-diocese-of-down-and-connor-ancient-and-modern-vol-val/page-5-an-histor ical-account-of-the-diocese-of-down-and-connor-ancient-and-modern-vol-val.sh tml It is 7/8 of the page down and the OCR is, as always, bad. " I O-h-Bochaidh is now Haughey and Hoey : they shared the misfortunes of their relatives the Donlevys, and are more nnmeroiis in the other counties of Ulster than in Down. Many of them are in Donegal. " The Mac an Ultaigh quote is online at the same page, one paragraph above. t O'Donlevy or MacDonlevy was of the same family as the O'Heochadhas ; the.v belonged to the Dal-Fiatacli race and long possessed the sovereignty of Uladh. After the English invasion, and perhaps owing to the rise of the Magenisses, they were driven out of County Down. Some of them went to Tirconuell where they becania physicians to the O'Donnells, they are still numerous in Donegal, where their name is frequently changed into Ultnch (Ulidian). Some of them iiassed into Scotland where they were named Dunlief and Dunlap and even Livingston. In addition to Ultach (Ulidian) the family is named Mac.Vnulty (Mac-an-Ultaicli), Kinulty an Nulty. Gerry Hoy -----Original Message----- From: dna-r1b1c7-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dna-r1b1c7-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lochlan@aol.com Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 8:09 PM To: dna-r1b1c7@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [R-M222] Cenel Conaill And the Donegal Kingdoms, AD 500-800 - Dál Fiatach These notes are by O'Donovan. I don't know where the idea that they migrated to Donegal came from. There's a writeup of the Dunlevys in Donegal in Donegal History and Society. It states the first Dunlevy on record in Donegal is Muirchetach mac an Ultaigh sl. 1281 along with an O Domhnall. Then it mentions a physician Muiiris mac Poil Ultagh who d. 1395, chief physician of the Cenel Conaill. Somewhere, I can't remember where, I read a somewhat critical view of this descent. Mac an Ultaigh just means son of the Ulster man. The surname is not traced in the O'Clery genealogies and the writer speculated that the Utlaghs of Donegal simply adopted the idea that their Ulster ancestors were the O'Donlevys of east Ulster (KIngs thereof). John R1b1c7 Research and Links: http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message