John, Look at the map carefully, when the North Eastern "ice-bridge" was it effect it barely touched Inisowen, but was concentrated in the Antrim/Down corridor to the nearest parts of Scotland. Sea levels were at their lowest at this time, and if there is no ice bridge going to Inishowen, then there can't have been a land bridge later as the ice began to melt, right?! But, like I said it's irrelevant anyway - unless people feel that R-M222 is 7,000-10,000 years old or more?? Cheers, Paul On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:21 PM, John Carey <johnca@quickclic.net> wrote: > Paul > > I'm afraid that this link is of little help. The land bridge on the map is > from southern Ireland to southern England and was essentially destroyed > 12000 years ago when the Irish Sea flooded. Ulster was still under ice > then. > > I can't find a reference to a later land bridge between County Down and > Scotland and I'm confused as to how it could have existed if a 200 metre > deep trench lay in between. A link between Inishowen to Islay as suggested > by Iain's message is much more plausible since it would involve the > shallower portion of the North Channel. If it really existed, it would be > nice to have a scientific opinion at to its dates before we conclude it is > irrelevant. > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: dna-r1b1c7-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:dna-r1b1c7-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Paul Conroy > Sent: October-07-11 1:08 PM > To: dna-r1b1c7@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [R-M222] Location of land bridge between Scotland and Ireland > > Ian, > > There's a rough map of the Land Bridge here: > > http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/pre_norman_history/iceage.h > tml > > My point was that the land bridge was irrelevant, this was one breeding > population, sharing the same culture and language > > R-M222 came much later, and probably from the Continent, and if I'm correct > probably came in more than one stream to Ireland, as Southern and Eastern > R-M222 may not be related closely to the main body of Northern R-M222. > > Cheers, > Paul > > On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Iain Kennedy > <ikennedy_msdn2@hotmail.com>wrote: > > > > > Paul, > > That's what I thought too. I flipped through Bardon just now and he > > says on > > p4 > > > > 'although rising sea levels had severed Ireland from Britain - the > > last land bridge is thought to have run from Inishowen to Islay - > > geologically they remained closely linked, especially in Ulster'. > > The claim is not referenced unfortunately. Has anyone come across any > > such claim before? > > Iain > > > > > > > > > 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 >