Blood groups of the Irish

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Abstract
Some 1800 blood donors from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland were tested for the antigens A, A1, B, H; M, N, Ss, Henshaw; C, c, Cw, D, Du, E, e, Ce; Wra; P1; Lua; K, k, Kpa; Fya, Fyb; and Rd (Radin). The results are compared with those already available for Ireland and an attempt is made to interpret them in terms of population movements. With the exception of the high O frequency in the West, believed to represent the remnants of Mesolithic peoples, the blood groups are very similar to those in the rest of Europe, and show no significant differences between the different provinces in Ireland.