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There are three major haplogroups that are found dominated by Irish testers: R-M222, R-L226 and R-CTS4466. Between five and ten percent of all Irish people descend from these three haplogroups. Also, these three haplogroups have between 500 and 1,000 branches under these as well due to being such prolific lines. L226 and CTS4466 are from the Munster, Ireland while M222 is located in the central and northern parts of Ireland.
Here is a chart that shows how over 600 L226 are connected to each other. L226 starts around 1,500 years ago from County Clare and includes the line of King Brian Boru (this page includes my Casey surname cluster):
http://www.rcasey.net/DNA/R_L226/Haplotrees/L226_Home.pdf#Page=39
Casey - Tipperary or Clare, Ireland
Kelly - Ireland
Brooks, Bryan, Shelton (2), Harper, Williamson - England
Tucker, Arrington, Stevenson, Shears, Jarvis - England
Hill (2), Reed, Olliff, Jackson, Potter, Cruse, Charlton - England
Davis. Martin, Ellison, Woodward, Alderson - England
Pace - Shropshire, England
Revier - Netherlands
Messer - Germany
Wininger - Switzerland