Eireannach
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- Ireland
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- Irish
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- R1b1a2a1a1b4 L21
Assessing the percentage of Viking paternal lineages in the UK and Ireland
Ireland
Many surnames in Ireland are also English, further confirming that a big part of the Irish population (about one fourth) is of English descent on their paternal side.
Many surnames in Ireland are English because when they were translated from Gaelic into English, the English translators gave names that sounded similar to English names e.g. Ó Coileáin is anglicised to the english name Collins, hence there are many Collins in Ireland, most of whom are indigenous.
Also a name like Smith is common in Ireland but this again is mostly as a result of translating Irish names into english. [FONT=Verdana,Arial,Times New I2] Mac an Gabhain[/FONT] (literally translates as the son of the smith) was changed to Smith and and also the anglicsized MacGowan.