The Kirwin Family

One of the Original 14 Tribes of Galway
Here are excerpts from John O'Hart's Irish Pedigrees on the family in Galway

Click here for genealogical tables on our own Patrick Kirwin and and Martha Jane Mills

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Click to see Cregg Castle - built by Clement Kirwan in 1648 Other Kirwan Castles	Click photo to read about Richard Kirwan - Chemist	Chateau Kirwin, Margous, France - and read a compiled history of Mark Kirwan's time at the winery here
Edmund Erigid Kirwan's Dalgan Park House - County Mayo	Irish Kirwan/in Marriages	Kirwan/in Deaths in Irish Newspapers
? from Adam to O'Ciarduibain to Ciarrovan to KIRWIN	John McGowan's data on the Kirwan/in Carawan Connection	Kirwan/in Passport Applications in the USA
Descendants of John B. Kirwin - Ireland > Michigan	Descendants of Michael Kerwin/Kirwan - Galway, IRE > Cook Co., IL	Kirwans in the Royal Irish Constabulary 1816-1921
Kirwan's listed in "A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain" by Sir Bernard Burke, Oxford University Press, 1862-1863: Kirwans of Cregg Kirwans of Castle Hackett Kirwans of Blindwell Kirwans of Dalgin Kirwans of Moyne		Patrick Sweezey's notes on Kirwans of Galway
KIRWAN FAMILY DNA PROJECT (any spelling)	Project Goals: Though many connections may have been made using the traditional methods of genealogy, the Y-DNA study offers this Irish surname a whole new opportunity to connect to others related to our lines. By comparing DNA results to other kits that come in over time, we greatly increase our chances of matching up to our original KIRWIN lines in Ireland. Given the often impoverished circumstances of Irish immigration, the Great Potato Famine, etc., many Irish who came to the USA may have left behind a deceased family. Using DNA test results offers a significant genealogical clue to our collective origins! See the results so far further down the page. The testing is simple and painless, involving a cheek swab. Only a male in the direct line will have inherited the Y-DNA, so the females will need to ask a male DEWHURST relative to participate. Through this group surname project, FamilyHistoryDNA.com will give a discount on the test fees. Subsequent matched individuals can and may want to move up to more markers later on.

KIRWIN FAMILY DNA TEST RESULTS

NOTE: Genetic differences are noted in red.

*R1b1 is the most common Haplogroup in Europe, "The members of R1b are believed to be the descendants of the first modern humans who entered Europe about 35,000-40,000 years ago ( Aurignacian culture). Those R1b forebearers were the people who painted the beautiful art in the caves in Spain and France. They were the contemporaries (and perhaps exterminators) of the European Neanderthals."

** "E3b (E-M35) was one of the Y haplogroups that was common among the Neolithic farmers from the Middle East who first brought agriculture into Europe about 9000 years ago ... E3b1a2 is found to be at its highest frequency worldwide in the geographic region corresponding closely to the ancient Roman province of Moesia Superior, a region that today encompasses Kosovo, southern Serbia, northern Macedonia and extreme northwestern Bulgaria." Eastern Africa is said to be the probable place of origin. Perhaps Thracian soldiers in the Roman Armies invading Ireland introduced this DNA pool, which is very unusual in Ireland?

[1] These two results compare the DNA of descendants of two "brothers" who were raised as the sons of Patrick Kirwin (click on the link at the top of the page for charts for Patrick Kirwin and more information). The descendant families collaborated in DNA testing because Francis (Frank) Marion Kirwin was born five months before Patrick and Martha married, thus we knew it was possible that Patrick was not Frank's biological father. The results have indeed proven this to be the case as the brothers have five DNA mismatches.