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From: "Paul Conroy" <>
Subject: Re: [R-M222] Conroys/Dunns
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:36:12 -0500
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Sandy,
I am Y-Search DFG6F, and have added the following to my family history:

Patrick Conroy was my grandfather, born in County Laois, Ireland. Country
Laois was formerly called: County Laoghis, County Leix and Queen's County.
There are 3 main areas of Ireland with Conroys, they are: Galway/Mayo,
Roscommon and Laois/Offaly. The Conroy clan in County Laois is supposed to
have originated when a fellow by the name Conn Dunne, ran to warn the
O'Moores that the English were invading. He was thereafter given the name
"Conn na ratha" - Conn the runner - or Conrahy, that evolved over time into
Conroy. I think the battle in question was the infamous "Pass of the Plumes"
in 1599, where the Irish led by Owney MacRory O'More (Moore), chieftain of
Leix, enjoyed a devastating victory over the English army led by the Earl of
Essex. So this Lastname (Surname) is only 400 years old. It's also no wonder
that my nearest match so far in this database is a user by the name of Dunne
(# 3G5W3).

So, as you can see a Dunne became a Conroy. In County Laois most people have
the spelling Dunne, here in the US it seems that many of these changed their
spelling to Dunn. I have joined the Dunn Family Project on FTDNA, as
follows:
http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/dunn/home

I have just recently been made Administrator of the Conroy Family Project on
FTDNA:
http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/conroy/home

I still have to update the project pages and add some more stuff.

So, feel free to forward this email to Steve Dunn, and maybe he will join
the Dunn and Conroy Projects?

Thanks for your help Sandy.

Cheers,
Paul


On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Sandy Paterson <
> wrote:

> Hi Paul
>
> My apologies - I e-mailed you via the forum without thinking. Looks
> interesting though.
>
> Sandy
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:] On Behalf Of Sandy Paterson
> Sent: 23 November 2008 17:19
> To:
> Subject: Re: [R-M222] Ewings
>
> Hi Paul
>
> Thanks for that.
>
> A very strange thing happened today. I received an e-mail from someone in
> YBase. I am apparently his closest match, so he contacted me. He is quite
> new to DNA so I helped him along a bit. But to cut a long story short
> (although I suspect the story is about to grow), I think he may be a
> relative of yours.
>
> He is a Steve Dunn, looks R1b1c7 and has DYS449 = 32.
>
> How Dunn becomes Conroy or the other way round escapes me. But I thought
> I'd
> check for Dunn in YSearch and found you instead! (with DYS449=32).
>
> It may be a false alarm, but seemed worth checking.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Sandy
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:] On Behalf Of Paul Conroy
> Sent: 31 October 2008 14:09
> To:
> Subject: Re: [R-M222] Ewings
>
> Sandy,
>
> Tir = country or land
>
> Tirconaill = the land of Conal
>
> Later Tirconaill was called Donegal.
>
> Tir Eoghan = the land of Owen = Tyrone.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
> On 10/31/08, Sandy Paterson <> wrote:
> > Hi John
> >
> > Many thanks.
> >
> >>
> > According to O'Donovan, a group of them migrated to Donegal where they
> > became
> > physicians to the O'Donnell kings of Tirconnell.
> >>
> >
> > Please excuse my ignorance, but is Tirconnell and Tyrone the same place?
> The
> > reason I ask is that the Slaven in the equation has a John Slavin b circa
> > 1723 in Tyrone as his earliest known ancestor.
> >
> >
> > Sandy
> >
> >
> >
> > R1b1c7 Research and Links:
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