There are some limited free DNA tests available for people with specific surnames at the upcoming Back to Our Past exhibition in Dublin, which runs at the RDS from 18-20 October (only 10 euro to get in, 5 in advance). There is also a whole series of DNA lectures - further details are on the GGI2013 website at
http://ggi2013.blogspot.co.uk/p/sponsored-dna-tests.htmlThere is also a poll that asks how many Irish people would be interested in doing a DNA test to help trace their ancestry? (at the end of the column on the right) at
http://ggi2013.blogspot.co.uk/p/overview.html. If you're Irish, please complete this poll so that we can have an idea of how popular DNA testing is among Irish people.