Fear Bisigh mac Domhnaill Óig,

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of Clann Mac Fir Bhisigh of

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, fl. 11th century. Ó Muraíle believes Fear Bisigh to have been born sometime in the second half of the 11th century. The

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''Fear Bisish'' is very rare:''"biseach means increase, growth or improvement and there are several derived senses"'' (according to Fr.

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), while Fr. Patrick Woulfe's interpretation is ''"man of prosperity."'' Ó Muraíle suggests that "(a) ... the name many

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'man of a leap-year', and (b) that ''Fear Bisigh'' may be similar in meaning to ''fear breise'', 'extra man', perhaps denoting a son born long after the next youngest (male) child."

Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh (), also known as Dubhaltach Óg mac Giolla Íosa Mór mac Dubhaltach Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh, Duald Mac Firbis, Dudly Ferbisie, and Dualdus Firbissius (fl. 1643 – January 1671) was an Irish scribe, translator, histori ...

gives his ancestor's pedigree as ''Fear Bisigh (a quo Clann Fhir Bhisigh) mac Domhnall Óg mac Domhnall Mór mac Aonghus mac Lochlainn

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mac Eoin mac Conchabhar na Conairte, and recorded somewhat dubiously as a descendant of

Nath Í mac Fiachrach Nath Í, also known as Dathí, son of Fiachrae, son of Eochaid Mugmedon, was a semi-historical Irish king of the 5th century, the father of the likely-historical king Ailill Molt and the ancestor of the Uí Fiachrach dynasties of early mediev ...

. His descendants would include: *

Amhlaoibh Mór mac Fir Bhisigh Amhlaoibh Mór mac Fir Bhisigh, Irish poet, cleric and historian, died 1138. Biography The Annals of Tigernach, ''sub anno'', give his obituary: ''1138. Amlaim Mor mac Firbisigh, ollam O Fiachrach uile re senchus & re filidhecht, & sái cleri ...

, poet, cleric and historian, died 1138. * Giolla Íosa Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh, historian, fl. 1390−1418 *

, historian, died 1671.

References

* ''The Celebrated Antiquary: Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh (c.1600-1671) - His Life, Lineage and Learning'', pp. 1–2,

Nollaig Ó Muraíle Nollaig Ó Muraíle is an Irish scholar. He published an acclaimed edition of Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh's ''Leabhar na nGenealach'' in 2004. He was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy in 2009. Life and career A native of Knock, County Mayo, Ó ...

, An Sagart,

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, 1996; reprinted 2003. ; . {{DEFAULTSORT:Fear Bisigh Mac Domhnaill Oig People from County Mayo 11th-century Irish people

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