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Ó Fearghail Ó Fearghail is a family name of the Irish nobility from County Longford who were historically the Princes of Annaly. The patronym means "descendant of Fearghail", whose name means "man of valour". Fearghail was a great-grandson of Angaile, th ...

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People with the surname

Barry O'Farrell Barry Robert O'Farrell (born 24 May 1959) is a former Australian politician who has been Australia's High Commissioner to India and non-resident Ambassador to Bhutan since May 2020. O'Farrell was the 43rd Premier of New South Wales and Minis ...

, Australian politician *

Bernadette O'Farrell Bernadette O'Farrell (30 January 1924 – 26 September 1999) was an Irish actress. She was born in Birr, County Offaly, Irish Free State. She was married to the film writer, director and producer Frank Launder from 1950 until his death in 1997 ...

(1924–1999), Irish actress *

Bob O'Farrell Robert Arthur O'Farrell (October 19, 1896 – February 20, 1988) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for 21 seasons with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and the New Yo ...

, American baseballer * Brett O'Farrell (disambiguation), several people ** Brett O'Farrell (Australian rules footballer) (born 1978), Australian footballer ** Brett O'Farrell (rugby league) (born 1980), Australian footballer Broderick O'Farrell * Derek O'Farrell (born 1983), Canadian rower * Elizabeth O'Farrell (1884–1957), Irish revolutionary * Emer O'Farrell (born 1981), Irish athlete * Finola O'Farrell, British judge *

Francis Fergus O'Farrell Major General Francis Fergus O’Farrell 1650 to 1712, was an Irish-born professional soldier who served in the Dutch States Army under William III until 1689, when he transferred into the English Army. During the Nine Years' War in 1695, he w ...

, Irish soldier *

Frank O'Farrell Francis O'Farrell (9 October 1927 – 6 March 2022) was an Irish football player and manager. He played as a wing half for Cork United, West Ham United and Preston North End. He made over 300 appearances in the Football League before joining ...

, Irish footballer *

Henry O'Farrell Henry James O'Farrell (183321 April 1868) was the first person to attempt a political assassination in Australia. On 12 March 1868, he shot and wounded Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria. Biog ...

, Australian assassin * Jasper O'Farrell, American politician * John O'Farrell (disambiguation), several people **

John O'Farrell (author) John O'Farrell (born 27 March 1962) is a British author, scriptwriter, and political campaigner. Previously a lead writer for such shows as ''Spitting Image'' and '' Have I Got News for You'', he is now best known as a comic author for such boo ...

(born 1962), British writer and political activist ** John O'Farrell (politician) (1826–1892), Canadian politician **

John O'Farrell (venture capitalist) John O’Farrell is an Irish venture capitalist at the Silicon Valley firm Andreessen Horowitz, which he joined in June 2010 as its third general partner. He serves on the boards of PagerDuty, Slack, Factual, GoodData, Granular, IFTTT, ItsOn a ...

, American financier ** John A. O'Farrell (1823–1900), American adventurer **

J. T. O'Farrell John Thomas O'Farrell (1887 – 2 January 1971) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official. He was born in Churchborough, County Roscommon in 1887, and was educated at the College of Commerce, Rathmines. He was a member of th ...

(died 1971), Irish politician *

Josh O'Farrell Joshua 'Josh' O'Farrell is the former Democratic representative for the 96th District of the Ohio House of Representatives. Following the resignation of Representative Allan Sayre in 2010, he was selected to serve the remainder of the term fro ...

, American politician * Lauren O'Farrell (born 1977), British artist *

Luke O'Farrell Luke O'Farrell (born 25 February 1990) is an Irish hurler who plays for Cork Senior Championship club Midleton. He played for the Cork senior hurling team for seven years, during which time he usually lined out as a right corner-forward. Pla ...

(born 1990), Irish hurler *

Maggie O'Farrell Maggie O'Farrell, RSL (born 27 May 1972), is a novelist from Northern Ireland. Her acclaimed first novel, '' After You'd Gone'', won the Betty Trask Award, and a later one, '' The Hand That First Held Mine'', the 2010 Costa Novel Award. She ha ...

, British novelist * Maud O'Farrell Swartz (1879–1937), American politician * Maureen O'Farrell, British actress * Michael O'Farrell (disambiguation), several people ** Michael O'Farrell (bishop) (1865–1928), Australian bishop **

Michael O'Farrell (gangster) Michael Vincent O'Farrell (June 2, 1949 – June 6, 1989), nicknamed "Irish", was an American outlaw biker and gangster who served as the vice-president and acting president of the Oakland, California chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club ...

(1949–1989), American gangster ** Michael J. O'Farrell (1832–1894), Irish bishop *

Mitch O'Farrell Mitch O'Farrell (born 1960) is an American politician, who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 13th district from 2013 to 2022, during which he spent eight days as President of the City Council during the 2022 Los Angeles ...

, American politician *

Patrick O'Farrell Patrick James O'Farrell (17 September 1933 – 25 December 2003) was an historian known for his histories of Roman Catholicism in Australia, Irish history and Irish Australian history. Early life and family O'Farrell was born on 17 Septembe ...

, Australian historian * Patrick H. O'Farrell, American biologist * Pierre O’Farrell, American actor *

Richard O'Farrell (British Army officer) Major-General Richard O'Farrell (died 3 July 1757) was an officer of the British Army. Biography He was nominated ensign in a regiment of foot on 7 March 1692,Army List for 1740p. 21 and he served with reputation in the wars of King William III a ...

(died 1757), British colonel * Richard O'Farrell (Irish Confederate), Irish soldier * Séamus O'Farrell (died 1973), Irish politician *

Seánie O'Farrell Seánie O'Farrell (born 1977) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right corner-forward for the Cork senior team. Born in Carrigtwohill, County Cork, O'Farrell first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he firs ...

(born 1977), Irish hurler * Tadeo O'Farrell (died 1602), Irish bishop *

Talbot O'Farrell Talbot O'Farrell (born William Parrot; 27 July 1878 – 2 September 1952) was an English music hall singer (a tenor, whose repertoire included both sentimental and comic songs) and film actor. Biography He was born in the north of England ...

(18781952), English singer * Tony O'Farrell (born 1947), Irish mathematician * Ursula O'Farrell (née ''Cussen''; born 1934), Irish author

Places with the name

* O'Farrell, Texas * O'Farrell Community School *

Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre The Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre was a strip club at 895 O'Farrell Street near San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood. Having first opened as an X-rated movie theater by Jim and Artie Mitchell on July 4, 1969, the O'Farrell was one of ...

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