Cenel Eoghain Y DNA Project

Descendants of Eógan mac Néill d 465
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Papers and reference documents relating to the Cenél nEógain.


Overall R-S588 Information

R-S588 Haplotree Clade Diagram - Nov 2024 by Dwayne O'Neill

The Cenél Eóghain and the R-S588 Haplogroup Summary - Jan 2026 by Ed Kane & Dwayne O'Neill


General Y DNA Resources

Paper by Timothy McQuaid on common questions about the FT DNA block tree such as:

●     An Explanation of FTDNA BIGY Block Tree Terminology

●     The Time to Most Recent Common Ancestor (TMRCA) Calculation

●     The importance of a well defined Family Tree

●     A deeper dive into the statistics behind YDNA constants

●     The Rule of Three; How to expand and refine your Block Tree

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YTHlV0lzDVePk-73YUZIlYDwe4bQ6Bl0/view?usp=sharing

Youtube video by Casimir Roman FT DNA titled "How to Interpret Y-DNA Results, A Walk Through the Big Y" at Rootstech 2022
Big Y results interpretation starts at 9 minute mark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra1cjGgvhRw&t=1183s


Historical Accounts

ONeill’s “Own Country” and its Families by Eamon O Doibhlin
Historical information on the Cenél nEógain Quinn, Hagan, Donnelly and Devlin families among others:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KYd5vKGB8iE7NePbKsHyAAxeZNyGnHEr/view?usp=sharing

Gleanings from Ulster History Extract - Séamus Ó Ceallaigh - Ballinascreen Historical Society, 1994
Extract from book with Title page, Contents & Introduction of the Cenél nEógain
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eQ_Bnmoejk1dI7QN43AEy9vFAvlX7zW8/view?usp=sharing

R-S588 > S7814 Eochaidh Binneach

Website by John Dennis McLaughlin on the
R-S588 > S7814 and downstream branches including A694 > PF2028 > CTS12533 Clann Domnaill (McLaughlin/O'Donnelly)
https://web.archive.org/web/20190711044657/http://clanmaclochlainn.com/
The website's McLaughlin DNA information is dated (information from around 2012) but the other aspects including the McLaughlin history is very relevant.
 
R-S588 >S7814 > BY202 Domnall Son of Larien, Son of Eochaidh Binneach and the Binnigh of the Bann by Edward Kane and Dwayne O'Neill

R-S588 > S7614 > A694 Creamhthann son of Eochaidh Binneach, son of Eogan and the McLaughlins & Donnellys by Edward Kane and Dwayne O'Neill


Feradach, Son of Muiredach, Son of Eogan

Presentation by Timothy McQuaid on the 
MacCathmhaoil Family Clade (R-S588> S603> A9884 Cenél Fearadhaigh)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FOPJNn-v_WSZGywLiw6KU6KZ6VvTK0YD/view?usp=sharing

The Mac Cathmhaoil of Cenél Fearadhaigh Wikiwand article
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/McCaul

Links to information on Cenél Fearadhaigh by Timothy McQuaid
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Px2IBKAn7RfLVqx2C6fBw6IWn_924xGAXC89Vep9mng/edit?usp=sharing

Genetic Footprints Explored: Unraveling the Ancestry of Y-DNA Haplogroup R-FGC19831 in Cenel Eogain by Timothy McQuaid


Moan, Son of Muiredach, Son of Eogan

S588 > S603 > BY3342 Cenel Moain
McNallys Of Cenel Moan Book 1: 1084 AD to 1850 AD Second Edition By Niall MacConallaidh “Michael Anthony McNally”
Details on the Cenel Moan with many references general to the Cenél nEógain
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bmIbyEb5ezrM16S_VPVDHpFmyDFtFsmm/view?usp=sharing
This is a large pdf file that requires to be downloaded in order to view it. It will take several minutes to download.

Tighearnaigh, Son of Muireadach, Son of Eogan

S588 > S603 > FGC4113 Cenel Tighearnaigh
Matching Y DNA with Cenel Tighernaigh, Compiled by Edward Kane
S588 > S603 Muircheartach mac Erca, son of Muireadach

S588 > S603 > FGC57760: Conchobar Son of Fergal (Fergus)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n7xz1Xj8a2IkZfCm2iOAIGAvCUagwZ2S/view?usp=sharing

Son of Mael Duin,Revision 6 December 2024,By Edward Kane

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n7xz1Xj8a2IkZfCm2iOAIGAvCUagwZ2S/view?usp=sharing

S588 > S603 > FGC16740: Eochaid Son of Domnall Son of Muirchertach mac Erca and the Fer Droma Lighen Conflated Genealogies", By Edward Kane 

"Haplogroup S595 - DNA links to the O'Cathains of Ulster" May 2021 by Ed Kane & Dwayne O'Neill
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kCxcjrHZmzw0VDzk6p5YeLdYud_rt-Aj/view?usp=sharing

"Aine O’Cathain and the Dowry Warriors" Jan 2022 by Ed Kane & Dwayne O'Neill 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vddW1ohWRazz6tr7SgOjCG5EAws9N4jQ/view?usp=sharing



R-S588 > A5388 and downstream branches
http://dna.ancestraldata.com/groups/A5388/

Haplogroup R-S588 R-A5388 R-A5387 R-BY20536 – the Wilson Haplogroup October 2022
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TH_yQVK-UYaK-88vpy-iP5UUyKlcnJhy/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102851008698453825178&rtpof=true&sd=true


R-S588 > FT165097 Clann Fergusa
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k1ASTcMY5R6Mg2wPLXC3XFFAlXkHW6c5/view?usp=sharing


R-S588 The Quinns of Cenel Eoghain


R-S588 > FGC30690 > BY11432 > BY13681 MacCanna, Lords of Clanbrassil

Papers by Ed Kane & Dwayne O'Neill 


"Use of SNPs and STRs to Clarify Haplogroup S595 Lineages and Historical Relationships" by Ed Kane & Dwayne O'Neill
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13R0BpPlRhVZiJPj1TdwwyC2RiXOZ_obe/view?usp=sharing


“Use of SNPs and Signature STRs in Combination to Determine Lineages and Identify Historical Relationships as Applied to Haplogroup BY19782” by Ed Kane 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zOya7bM_Hy-RBTzacXdMZH39hmJufh0D/view?usp=sharing