This group is for those interested in exploring the history of the Irish septs who occupied the territory referred to as Ely Carroll--including O'Carroll, O'Flanagan, MacCorcoran, O'Heagan, O'Meagher and O'Hailchen. Our primary aim is to synthesize, as objectively as possible, documentary history with data arising from DNA studies. The most significant marker identifying Ely Carroll DNA is DYS492 = 11. (This is not the place to discuss or argue over who is the rightful modern chief of any O'Carroll lines.)

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