Ancient population · Neolithic
Ireland (Middle Neolithic) · Ireland_MN
Ireland_MN
Ireland (Middle Neolithic) · Ireland_MN is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Ireland_MN), with 27 samples from Ireland, dated to c. 3570–3070 BCE.
Among ancient populations it sits closest to England (Neolithic), Scotland (Neolithic) and Ireland (Late Neolithic); the nearest living populations are Sardinia N, Sardinian and Croatia N.
Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroups I2a (21), H2a and H2c; its mtDNA haplogroups include K1a (5), U5b (3), H (2) and H1 (2).
- Period
- Neolithic
- Date
- c. 3570–3070 BCE
- Country
- Ireland
- Sampled near
- Parknabinnia 53.16, -8.47
- Sites
- Parknabinnia (10)
Poulnabrone (5)
Annagh (2)
Glennamong (2)
Newgrange (2)
and 6 more - Samples
- 27
- Published in
- CassidyBradleyNature2020
- Catalogue
Ireland_MN.SGvariantIreland_MN_contam.SGvariant
Nearest populations
Distance between population averages in scaled G25 space, ×100. Lower is closer. It says who resembles this population, not who descends from it; an nMonte model tests that.
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | England (Neolithic)England_N | 0.70 |
| 2 | Scotland (Neolithic)Scotland_N | 0.74 |
| 3 | Ireland (Late Neolithic)Ireland_LN | 0.92 |
| 4 | Megalithic (Neolithic, England)England_N_Megalithic | 0.97 |
| 5 | Switzerland (Late Neolithic) · Switzerland_LNSwitzerland_LN | 1.17 |
| 6 | Megalithic (Chalcolithic, Ireland) · IRL_MegalithicIRL_Megalithic | 1.25 |
| 7 | Megalithic (Chalcolithic, Ireland) · Ireland_MegalithicIreland_Megalithic | 1.30 |
| 8 | Ireland (Early Neolithic)Ireland_EN | 1.36 |
| 9 | MLN (Chalcolithic, Spain)Spain_MLN | 1.49 |
| 10 | SE Iberia CA (Chalcolithic, Spain)Spain_SE_Iberia_CA | 1.52 |
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sardinia NSardinia_N | 4.17 |
| 2 | SardinianSardinian | 5.07 |
| 3 | Croatia NCroatia_N | 8.77 |
| 4 | Basque SouleBasque_Soule | 9.05 |
| 5 | Basque Navarre NorthBasque_Navarre_North | 9.17 |
| 6 | Basque SpanishBasque_Spanish | 9.43 |
| 7 | Basque BaztanBasque_Baztan | 9.52 |
| 8 | Basque Navarre CenterBasque_Navarre_Center | 9.56 |
| 9 | Basque Lower NavarreBasque_Lower_Navarre | 9.56 |
| 10 | Basque GipuzkoaBasque_Gipuzkoa | 9.59 |
Haplogroups
Y-DNA
23 men with a call
- I2a1a1b1 I-FT344600 6
- I2a1b1a1a1 I-Y3709 5
- I2a1b1a1a1b I-Y3712 5
- I2a1a2 I-L161 3
- I2a1b1a I-CTS616 2
- H2a H-Z19072
- H2c1a H-Y19962
Individuals 27
The samples behind this population in the catalogue. Sex, date, site and haplogroups are from the Allen Ancient DNA Resource; Y-DNA calls are mostly automatic, from the shown terminal SNP.
| Sample | Catalogue entry | Sex | Date | Site | Y-DNA | mtDNA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ANN1.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | M | 3637-3191 calBCE | Annagh | I2a1b1a1a1b I-Y3712 | K1a |
ANN2.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | M | 3707-3378 calBCE | Annagh | I2a1b1a1a1b I-Y3712 | H4a1a1 |
ARD2.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | M | 3599-3366 calBCE | Ardcrony | I2a1a2 I-L161 | J2b1a |
ASH1.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | M | 3640-3380 calBCE | Ashleypark | I2a1b1a1a1b I-L1193 | K2a9 |
BG72.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | M | 3633-3377 calBCE | Baunogenasraid | H2c1a H-Y19962 | K1a4a1 |
CH448.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | M | 3646-3383 calBCE | Cohaw | I2a1a2 I-Y3104 | H1 |
GNM1007.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | M | 3513-3103 calBCE | Glennamong | I2a1b1a I-CTS616 | K1a |
GNM1076.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | M | 3366-2935 calBCE | Glennamong | I2a1b1a1a1 I-Y3709 | H1c |
JP14.SG | Ireland_MN_contam.SG | M | 3702-3368 calBCE | Jerpoint West | H2a H-Z19072 | T2c1d1 |
MB6.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | M | 3494-3036 calBCE | Keentagh Td | I2a1b1a1a1 I-L1195 | J1c3 |
NG10.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | M | 3339-3028 calBCE | Newgrange | I2a1b1a1a1 I-Y3709 | U5b1 |
NGZ1.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | F | 3322-2921 calBCE | Newgrange | X2b | |
PB1327.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | M | 3626-3356 calBCE | Parknabinnia | I2a1b1a1a1b I-Y3712 | T2b3 |
PB1794.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | F | 3642-3377 calBCE | Parknabinnia | J1c6 | |
PB186.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | M | 3516-3359 calBCE | Parknabinnia | I2a1a1b1 I-FT344600 | X2b |
PB2031.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | M | 3628-3373 calBCE | Parknabinnia | I2a1a1b1 I-FT344600 | K1a2b |
PB443.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | M | 3634-3378 calBCE | Parknabinnia | I2a1a2 I-L161 | K1b1a1 |
PB581.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | M | 3625-3363 calBCE | Parknabinnia | I2a1b1a1a1b I-L1193 | T2b |
PB672.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | M | 3628-3376 calBCE | Parknabinnia | I2a1a1b1 I-FT344600 | T2c1d |
PB675.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | M | 3362-3102 calBCE | Parknabinnia | I2a1a1b1 I-FT344600 | H1 |
PB754.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | F | 3523-3193 calBCE | Parknabinnia | U5b2a3 | |
PB768.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | M | 3639-3376 calBCE | Parknabinnia | I2a1a1b1 I-FT344600 | H4a1a1 |
PN03.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | M | 3633-3376 calBCE | Poulnabrone | I2a1b1a1a1 I-L1195 | K1a1 |
PN06.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | M | 3633-3376 calBCE | Poulnabrone | I2a1a1b1 I-FT344600 | H |
PN07.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | M | 3623-3371 calBCE | Poulnabrone | I2a1b1a1a1 I-Y3709 | U5b1c |
PN12.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | M | 3523-3341 calBCE | Poulnabrone | I2a1b1a I-CTS616 | H |
PN16.SG | Ireland_MN.SG | F | 3630-3374 calBCE | Poulnabrone | K1b1a1 |