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40. Here's a compendium of websites for anyone interested in

finding who their Irish ancestors were. If you have already had your DNA analyzed by Ancestry, 23andMe, FTDNA, etc, you can find many of your cousins by uploading your genomic data to Gedmatch:
https://www.gedmatch.com/

Sites for research:

https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/

https://www.rootsireland.ie/

https://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/index.jsp

https://www.nli.ie/en/parish-register.aspx

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

https://www.irishorigenes.com/surnames-database

https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/r-l21/about

For (non-transgender) men, I recommend taking a YDNA test. A YDNA test can determine your Y haplogroup. The primary Y haplogroup for Native Irish men is R1B L21. Subgroups of L21 can often indicate where your male Irish ancestors came from.

For instance, Haplogroups R1B>L21>L226 and R1B>L21>4466 are subclades of L21, and are considered South Irish male Haplogroups, mostly Munster Province.

(Non transgender) men can have their YDNA tested here: https://www.yseq.net

Below is some good info and 2 excellent studies on the unique ancestral composition and ancient migration of Native Irish folk. The men in my family are haplogroup L21, and are related the Rathlin Ireland Bronze Age men whose YDNA and autosomal genomes have been sequenced. My Irish ancestors are primarily from Counties Galway, Clare, and Kerry, and our male line has owned a small farm in Galway since at least 1800.

Ancient Ireland’s Y and Mitochondrial DNA – Do You Match???

https://dna-explained.com/2020/11/03/ancient-irelands-y-and-mitochondrial-dna-do-you-match/

Neolithic and Bronze Age migration to Ireland and establishment of the insular Atlantic genome

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1518445113

The Irish DNA Atlas: Revealing Fine-Scale Population Structure and History within Ireland

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-17124-4

Happy hunting!