And Quinlan of Munster & Quillinan and all related variations:
I haven't written in a couple of years, but lots has been going on re:
our greater family which I have now pinned down to deriving from the
Corca laidhe of West Cork for its origin. We have a new message list
to join in that regard. An Introduction follows centered around DNA,
but you do not have to have had a test to join. It is a brand-new list
just getting started. In my next message I will give all the surnames
we believe are involved. Please pass this message on to any other
surname list that you may belong to.
From Colin:
The goals of the project are to see if DNA can
corroborate the
genealogies of the Corca Laide and to identify the DNA signatures of
the surnames in those genealogies. Currently the focus is on building
a haplotype database for names said to have sprung from the Corca
Laidhe. The data is made available to other investigators and family
historians for analysis as may suit their purpose on the project
website at
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Corca_Laidhe/
The genealogy of the Corca Laidhe is described by John O'Donovan in
his treatise published in 1849 by the Celtic Society in the book
"Miscellany of the Celtic Society". The book is online as both a
scanned copy and a transcribed copy; see:'
http://ia700302.us.archive.org/7/items/miscellanyofcelt00celt/miscellanyo...
http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T105009/index.html
The genealogy is not straight forward, there is conflicting
information in O'Donovan and only a few of the names have pedigrees.
There are other sources to consider. A subsidiary purpose of the
project is to compile the genealogy of the Corca Laidhe so that
pertinent data is collected.
I act as the project admin and the project spun off of the Driscoll
project which I also administer. Co-Admin Janet Crawford is an avid
researcher of the Corca Laidhe, being descended from Cuileannain,
hereditary chief of the Corca Laidhe. Co-Admin Martha Bowes is Admin
of the Bowes DNA Project and is archive holder for the Guild of
One-Name Studies on behalf of the Bowes.
This list provides a means for interested parties to contribute to the
project via discussion of both the DNA data and the attendant
genealogy of the Corca Laidhe. Such discussion is essential as
assistance is required with both technical issues and in research on
particular surnames.
To join, please go here:
http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/DNA/IRL-CORCA-LAIDHE-DNA.html
Janet