The problem is that medieval Irish chronicles can’t override Ireland’s actual archaeological record. Humans were living in Ireland by roughly 8000 BCE, farming communities were established around 4000 BCE, and Newgrange was built around 3200 BCE, centuries before a Ussher-style Flood date of about 2350 BCE. Archaeology and ancient DNA preserve prehistoric populations and cultural changes across this entire period without anything resembling Ireland being wiped clean and subsequently repopulated by migrants from Babel.
Worse, these medieval Irish writers were Christians who already knew Genesis and Christian universal chronologies. Fitting Irish origins into Noah, the Flood, and Babel therefore isn’t independent confirmation of Genesis. The test is the physical record, and geology, archaeology, genetics, ice cores, tree rings, sediments, and radiometric dating all preserve an Earth history vastly older than 6000 years with no global destruction-and-repopulation boundary around 2350 BCE. Finding biblical history in medieval Christian literature proves medieval Christians used biblical history, not that the Flood happened.
For anyone interested in the genetic data behind this, the first wave of Homo sapiens in Europe was related to east Asians and Aborigines. Their Y chromosome (paternal lineage) is generally either K (more common towards the east) or C (more common toward the west). Branches of both are more common in Asians and Aborigines today. C does seem to come from Ham originally, but mixed in with the K people very early. This could mean that Canaan mixed in with some European Japhethites like Javan or Tiras.
After that, a group with more Middle Eastern DNA arrives in greater numbers throughout Europe, and their Y chromosome is typically I, a relative of J, a group most common among Semitic people. The I group probably came from one of Shem's sons, maybe Aram or Asshur.
There are more waves, but the next one that makes it to the British Isles is actually a mixed group from central Asia (where Magog's people went), now known as the Yamnaya people. They often carry a much later branch of K called R, despite being otherwise more closely related to the descendants of Shem in the Middle East. They are the biggest contributors to modern European DNA.
This reminds me of the Minoans on Crete and their human sacrifice. King Minos was the son of Europa of Sidon, like the Formorians were from Sidon. Athens had to send human tribute to the Minoans to be sacrificed until Theseus volunteered and killed their minotaur. And the archaeology matches the story. There is an archaeological site where an earthquake killed Minoans in the act of sacrificing a human, and there is evidence of an upheaval (but not full on destruction) and the rulers changing from Minoan to Mycenaean Greeks.
I wonder where this mysterious Conaing's tower is, maybe under the sea now. Thankyou so much for the article :)
The problem is that medieval Irish chronicles can’t override Ireland’s actual archaeological record. Humans were living in Ireland by roughly 8000 BCE, farming communities were established around 4000 BCE, and Newgrange was built around 3200 BCE, centuries before a Ussher-style Flood date of about 2350 BCE. Archaeology and ancient DNA preserve prehistoric populations and cultural changes across this entire period without anything resembling Ireland being wiped clean and subsequently repopulated by migrants from Babel.
Worse, these medieval Irish writers were Christians who already knew Genesis and Christian universal chronologies. Fitting Irish origins into Noah, the Flood, and Babel therefore isn’t independent confirmation of Genesis. The test is the physical record, and geology, archaeology, genetics, ice cores, tree rings, sediments, and radiometric dating all preserve an Earth history vastly older than 6000 years with no global destruction-and-repopulation boundary around 2350 BCE. Finding biblical history in medieval Christian literature proves medieval Christians used biblical history, not that the Flood happened.
Your dates are entirely based on radiocarbon dating which is miscalibrated. The order of events matches.
Great work, Ken!
For anyone interested in the genetic data behind this, the first wave of Homo sapiens in Europe was related to east Asians and Aborigines. Their Y chromosome (paternal lineage) is generally either K (more common towards the east) or C (more common toward the west). Branches of both are more common in Asians and Aborigines today. C does seem to come from Ham originally, but mixed in with the K people very early. This could mean that Canaan mixed in with some European Japhethites like Javan or Tiras.
After that, a group with more Middle Eastern DNA arrives in greater numbers throughout Europe, and their Y chromosome is typically I, a relative of J, a group most common among Semitic people. The I group probably came from one of Shem's sons, maybe Aram or Asshur.
There are more waves, but the next one that makes it to the British Isles is actually a mixed group from central Asia (where Magog's people went), now known as the Yamnaya people. They often carry a much later branch of K called R, despite being otherwise more closely related to the descendants of Shem in the Middle East. They are the biggest contributors to modern European DNA.
https://originsinorder.substack.com/p/after-babel-paleo-genetics-overview
This reminds me of the Minoans on Crete and their human sacrifice. King Minos was the son of Europa of Sidon, like the Formorians were from Sidon. Athens had to send human tribute to the Minoans to be sacrificed until Theseus volunteered and killed their minotaur. And the archaeology matches the story. There is an archaeological site where an earthquake killed Minoans in the act of sacrificing a human, and there is evidence of an upheaval (but not full on destruction) and the rulers changing from Minoan to Mycenaean Greeks.
I wonder where this mysterious Conaing's tower is, maybe under the sea now. Thankyou so much for the article :)