Hi Alan, But where did the Doherty clann originate? That could have been in western Ireland, including Mayo. Doug On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 5:46 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Indeed, there were certainly others before Cromwell and as you right point > out, the O'Dochartaighs also had earlier ties with Mayo. It will be > interesting to learn what has to be said on the 17th, especially, as it > now looks > like some of the SNPs used in the study may not be reliable indicators to > M222+. > > I see the Manley result has come through DF85-, that is worthy of note. As > I said before, another branch was already known to exist and this branch is > also important. If there is a DF85+ there should be a DF85- in the > O'Dochartaigh Clan. Some of this will soon become more apparent once more > of the > DF85+ results come through in Scotland and we finally work out that matrix > posted by Iain Kennedy. > > Also, it will be important to compare your Chromo2 with mine and several > others, given all the research so far, including that carried out by the > late > John McLaughlin, strongly indicates, our two separate branches represent > the oldest with a common ancestry pre-dating Niall of the Nine Hostages. > > Alan > > > In a message dated 12/11/2013 00:42:58 GMT Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > To "Hell or Connaught" was made famous by Cromwell. But even before > Oliver's time there were migrations from Ulster to Mayo. One interesting > one for > the O'Dochartaigh Clann is the migration of Maonghaile O'Dochartaigh's > descendants ( Munnelley, Monnellly, Manley) from Donegal to > Ballymunnelley, > Ballycastle and Cloontikilla, Mayo prior to 1585. This precedes Cahir > O'Dochartaigh's rebellion and the Plantation of Ulster. It appears that, > like > the McDevitts, the Munnelly/Monnelley/Manley sept may prove to be another > branch of the O'Dochartaigh. I have started discussions with Paul Manley > investigate this connection and why they migrated to Mayo when they did. > > Sent from my iPad > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject > and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >