Postcards from the past

There are stories about Ireland that only DNA can tell, and these are stories about her sons and daughters, a people’s history of migrations and beginnings, of deep ancestry lost in the darkness of the past It is a different sort of history, not the usual identity parade of the usual suspects; kings, queens, warriors, poets and saints But as with much in Ireland, it turns out that there is a paradox rumbling around inside that approach to a shared past The shadowy dynasties of Celtic kings and their feisty queens are more than usually important - to the DNA of ordinary people Read more