Ireland report
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Demographics
Ireland has been inhabited for at least 9,000 years, although little is known about the paleolithic or neolithic
inhabitants of the island. Early historical and genealogical records note the existence of dozens of different
peoples (Cruithne, Attacotti, Conmaicne, Eóganachta, Érainn, Soghain, to name but a few).
Although for many years the Irish were believed to be of "Celtic" origin, recent DNA studies have
concluded otherwise. The haplogroup R1b is found to dominate throughout Ireland, contradicting the idea
that Celtic culture was established in Ireland via the mass migration of Celtic people from Central Europe.
[27] A study conducted by Trinity College Dublin, and part-funded by the National Millennium
Committee, concluded that the Irish are primarily descended from people who migrated north from Iberia
after the Ice-Age ended some 12,000 years ago. The geneticists who conducted this research, produced a
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